About this episode

Francesca explores her father's hidden past filled with crime and silence, confronting her own inheritance of a story untold.

When Francesca sets out to understand her father’s past, she is faced with a world of crime, silence, and denial. But it’s not just his past she must reckon with; it’s her present, her inheritance of a story no one wanted to tell. Francesca Fontana is the author of The Family Snitch . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Francesca Fontana

Topics covered

• family history
• crime
• inheritance
• silence
• denial

Keywords

• family secrets
• crime
• inheritance
• Francesca Fontana
• The Family Snitch

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Books & works: The Family Snitch

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