The Moth

Ashes in the Closet

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A woman struggles with why the family’s secret needed to be a secret at all.

Storyteller

Bliss Broyard

Featured on

August 23, 2010

Recorded Date

May 9, 2004

“That's how we learn about our family – through snooping.”

Bliss Broyard

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