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    Shipwrecked and Complicated Mothers

    A woman is told to keep her heritage secret by her mother; a shipwrecked partier must sober up to save the day; and an author contends with her unsupportive dying mother.

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    Mar 15, 2015 • 1 min read

    A young June Cross (pictured) is told to keep her biracial heritage a secret...by her mother. Reckless partier Mishka Shubaly gets shipwrecked and has to sober up enough to save the day. And author Susan Duncan contends with her unsupportive mother on her deathbed. Hosted by The Moth's Producing Director, Sarah Austin Jenness.

    Learn more or listen again to this week's episode, which originally aired on November 10, 2013.

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