IAP 06: Adriana Trigiani on Family, The Shoemaker's Wife, and Recreating the Lives of Our Italian American Ancestors – Part 1 of 2

Please note, since this was published, we have also published part 2 of our interview with Adriana Trigiani. In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak to New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, the author of "The Shoemaker's Wife," "Lucia, Lucia," and "All the Stars in the Heavens," among other critically acclaimed and bestselling books. Adriana is also a filmmaker, most recently writing and directing "Big Stone Gap," a film, starring Ashely Judd and Whoopi Goldberg, based on her enormously successful Big Stone Gap Series. In this episode you will hear Trigiani on family, "The Shoemaker's Wife," and recreating the lives of our Italian American ancestors. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. BONUS: We also had some fun at the end of this episode in our Italian American stories segment and added in some footage that we didn't publish for Episode 5 of us making some homemade mozzarella (see video below).