{"title":"Jo Piazza","description":"Jo Piazza is the international bestselling author of twelve books, including The Sicilian Inheritance and the Good Morning America Book Club pick We Are Not Like Them with Christine Pride. She's also the host of the critically acclaimed Under the Influence podcast. Her work has been featured in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and three feral children.","products":[{"product_id":"the-sicilian-inheritance-paperback","title":"The Sicilian Inheritance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of the NY Post's Best Beach Reads, an \u003ci\u003eUS Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e pick for \"mystery novels to read on the beach\", a \u003ci\u003eWoman's World \"\u003c\/i\u003ecaptivating beach read you won't be able to put down this summer\" (\"a riveting saga\"), an \u003ci\u003eEater\u003c\/i\u003e food-filled beach read for your summer vacation (\"an appealing mix of romantic escapism, whodunit intrigue, and feminist introspection.\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza, comes \"A Journey to the Boot of Italy, With Murder, Romance and Ricotta\"\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times) \u003c\/i\u003eabout a disputed inheritance and a family secret that some will kill to protect . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sara Marsala barely knows who she is anymore after the failure of her business and marriage. On top of that, her beloved great-aunt Rosie passes away, leaving Sara bereft with grief. But Aunt Rosie's death also opens an escape from her life and a window into the past by way of a plane ticket to Sicily, a deed to a possibly valuable plot of land, and a bombshell family secret. Rosie believes Sara's great-grandmother Serafina, the family matriarch who was left behind while her husband worked in America, didn't die of illness as family lore has it . . . she was murdered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thus begins a twist-filled adventure that takes Sara all over the picturesque Italian countryside as she races to solve a mystery and learn the story of Serafina--a feisty and headstrong young woman in the early 1900s thrust into motherhood in her teens, who fought for a better life not just for herself but for all the women of her small village. 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Lizzie is a struggling magazine writer, watching reels while her young children demand her attention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One night out of the blue, Bex calls Lizzie with a career-making proposition--an exclusive interview with her about her multimillion-dollar business venture and an invitation to MomBomb, the high-profile influencing conference. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the conference, Bex goes missing and Gray is found brutally murdered on their ranch. Lizzie finds herself plunged into the dark side of the cutthroat world of social media that includes jealousy, sordid affairs, swingers, and backstabbing. 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