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The podcast series offers background to 1440 Multiversity faculty member Dani Shapiro's best-selling memoir Inheritance and a collection of stories from guests who have discovered long-hidden secrets from their families' past.
 
"Family Secrets. We all have them. And while the discovery of family secrets can initially be terrifying or traumatic, often these discoveries have the power to liberate, heal, and even uplift us. Join Dani Shapiro, bestselling author of the memoir Inheritance, and her guests as they explore astonishing family secrets and uncover the extraordinary lessons the truth can teach us."

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Dani Shapiro

Best-selling memoirist and novelist

 
Dani Shapiro's books include the memoirs Hourglass, Still Writing, Devotion, and Slow Motion, and five novels including Black & White and Family History. Her work spans diverse subjects from her tumultuous upbringing in an Orthodox Jewish community and the tragic death of her father to her explorations of spirituality and the nature of our deepest relationships. Dani's New York Times best-selling memoir, Inheritance, was recently published by Knopf.
 
Dani's essays and journalistic pieces have appeared in numerous publications including the New Yorker, Salon, n+1, Tin House, and Vogue, and have been widely anthologized. She contributes regularly to the New York Times Book Review and has been broadcast on This American Life.
 
Along with teaching writing workshops around the world, Dani has taught at Columbia and New York University, and is the cofounder of the Sirenland Writers Conference in Positano, Italy.
 
In February of 2019, Dani launched an original podcast, Family Secrets, in collaboration with iHeartMedia. The podcast features stories from guests who, like Dani, have uncovered life-altering and long-hidden secrets from their families' past.
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