I Took My Three Kids To Sicily To Solve A Murder
Scary Mommy - Pregnancy·2024-03-29 17:02
Behind The Scenes
Was it madness? Were there tears? Absolutely. And I’d do it all again.
Written by Jo Piazza
17 hours ago
Emma Chao/Scary Mommy; Getty Images; Photo Courtesy of Author
About a year ago, after writing a book based on my family’s stories, I decided I had to go to Sicily to solve my great-great-grandmother’s murder. I didn’t envision taking three children under 7 along with me — but once you become a parent, life never goes as you planned.
It was summer vacation, childcare was scarce, and American summer camp was (and is) stupidly expensive. So, off went my family of five, including a 6-month-old baby, to solve a 100-year-old mafia murder mystery.
My new novel, The Sicilian Inheritance, is loosely based on my family’s lore that my great-great-grandmother Lorenza was murdered in Sicily just over 100 years ago. When I finished writing the book, I decided to make a true-crime podcast trying to solve the murder myself.
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