The Sicilian Inheritance

    Every family has an origin story – for author Jo Piazza (Under the Influence, Wilder) her family's is a murder mystery.  For as long as she can remember the Piazzas have told the story of their Sicilian roots going back over a hundred years ago: one by one the sons and then their father sailed off to America to carve out a better life. Their mother, Lorenza Marsala was supposed to join them – but she never made it. She was murdered by the Sicilian mafia, they said.  The truth of what happened has morphed like a game of telephone through the genera...

  • A STRONG-MOUTHED WOMAN

  • IN THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF

  • MY BIG FAT SICILIAN FAMILY

  • IN SEARCH OF MY STREGA NONA

  • THE SCENE OF THE CRIME

  • Intermission

  • THE BOOK OF DEATH

  • SUMMER VACATION

  • LORENZA

  • Introducing: The Sicilian Inheritance

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