Jo Piazza, THE SICILIAN INHERITANCE
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Bestselling author Jo Piazza chats with Zibby about The SICILIAN INHERITANCE, an utterly immersive, multigenerational mystery about a long-awaited trip to Sicily, a disputed inheritance, and a family secret that some will kill to protect. Jo talks about the real-life murder of her great-great-grandmother, Lorenza Marsala, which inspired this story, and then delves into her meticulous research process, from unraveling family secrets to immersing herself in Sicilian culture. She also talks about the evolution of her writing, what it’s been like to navigate motherhood, ambition, and the shifting landscape of publishing, and what she’s working on next (hint: retreat in Sicily).
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast. Moms don't have time to read books. |
| 0:08.1 | I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank. |
| 0:14.2 | I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company, reading retreats, a bookstore, and more. |
| 0:21.8 | Learn more at zivimedia.com or follow me on social at Zibby Owens or join the community at |
| 0:28.4 | Zibby Readers. |
| 0:31.2 | Joe Piazza is the author of the Sicilian Inheritance novel. |
| 0:35.6 | I adore Joe. |
| 0:36.8 | We are friends. |
| 0:38.7 | We are doing an event together in Philadelphia in Chestnut Creek on May 9th, I think, whatever that Monday is, May 9th, |
| 0:45.9 | and tickets are available on zibievents.ticketleap.com. So come and see us, or you can find |
| 0:52.2 | the link on zibbyowens.com, and it'll take you to the ticket leap. |
| 0:55.4 | So come see Joe and me together. We can't wait. We'll also be together at Mom 2, which, if you are going to that conference, is coming right up in Nashville. Anyway, I love her. And I was just on her podcast under the influence. But here's her bio. Joe Piazza is the international best-selling author of 12 |
| 1:12.0 | books, including the Good Morning America Book Club Pick, We Are Not Like Them, co-authored with Christine Pride. |
| 1:18.4 | She's also the host of the critically acclaimed Under the Influence podcast. Her work has been |
| 1:22.9 | featured in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications. She lives |
| 1:27.3 | in Philadelphia with her husband and three Wall Street Journal, among other publications. She lives in Philadelphia |
| 1:27.8 | with her husband and three feral children. Welcome, Joe. Thank you so much for coming back on |
| 1:33.4 | Mom's Center Time to read books to discuss the Sicilian inheritance. Congratulations. Thank you for |
| 1:39.1 | having me. I'm so excited. This is actually, it's my favorite book yet, and I know we're not |
| 1:43.6 | supposed to say that because it's like picking your favorite child, but's my favorite book yet, and I know we're not supposed to say that |
| 1:44.3 | because it's like picking your favorite child, but I also have a favorite child that I don't say out |
| 1:48.7 | loud. So it is what it is. We're going to keep lots of secrets today is basically what's going to happen. |
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