By Angela and Julie Scipioni
The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.
What happens next will change Lily forever. It will change her ideas about love and men, about her value and her purpose in this life.
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Iris and Lily grew up sharing everything. Their lumpy bed. Their secret fears. Their wildest dreams. How could they end up so estranged as women?
The endearing and poignant episodes of Iris and Lily’s coming of age in the midst of a tumultuous family and changing society of the 1960s and 1970s are both humorous and heartbreaking.
Hard copies of the Iris & Lily series as well as gift items can be purchased at https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIrisandLilyStore
Iris and Lily's respective reality is further cleft as Iris confronts Lily about her version of the past, and in the email exchange that opens Episode 15 Iris reveals a sliver of what lays beneath the affection and dedication the sisters have shared. In the wake of this new dynamic, the world begins to open up to Iris with new adventures and her newly discovered delectable escape.
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Iris and Lily grew up sharing everything. Their lumpy bed. Their secret fears. Their wildest dreams. How could they end up so estranged as women?
The endearing and poignant episodes of Iris and Lily’s coming of age in the midst of a tumultuous family and changing society of the 1960s and 1970s are both humorous and heartbreaking.
Hard copies of the Iris & Lily series as well as gift items can be purchased at https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIrisandLilyStore
Lily is faced with some of life's harsh realities - such as the truth that hamburgers come from the killing of cows, and that touching oneself leads to extra time in purgatory. How does trying to navigate a world filled with contradictions and injustice shape Lily's views? And how do they shape the woman she will become?
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Iris and Lily grew up sharing everything. Their lumpy bed. Their secret fears. Their wildest dreams. How could they end up so estranged as women?
The endearing and poignant episodes of Iris and Lily’s coming of age in the midst of a tumultuous family and changing society of the 1960s and 1970s are both humorous and heartbreaking.
Hard copies of the Iris & Lily series as well as gift items can be purchased at https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIrisandLilyStore
In episode 13, life on a dairy farm is the backdrop for the burgeoning drama between Iris & Lily as we begin to glimpse what is to come for them as sisters. The young girls are shipped off to their cousin's farm to experience a new way of life, with new demands and challenges. How will they respond and in what ways will it forever change their relationship?
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Iris and Lily grew up sharing everything. Their lumpy bed. Their secret fears. Their wildest dreams. How could they end up so estranged as women?
The endearing and poignant episodes of Iris and Lily’s coming of age in the midst of a tumultuous family and changing society of the 1960s and 1970s are both humorous and heartbreaking.
Hard copies of the Iris & Lily series as well as gift items can be purchased at https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIrisandLilyStore
What happens when religious teachings and reality collide? And what if you're 10 years old? In this episode, young Lily struggles to reconcile what her church teaches her with what she sees and knows to be good and true. The result will leaving you laughing or crying - or both!
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Iris and Lily grew up sharing everything. Their lumpy bed. Their secret fears. Their wildest dreams. How could they end up so estranged as women?
The endearing and poignant episodes of Iris and Lily’s coming of age in the midst of a tumultuous family and changing society of the 1960s and 1970s are both humorous and heartbreaking.
Hard copies of the Iris & Lily series as well as gift items can be purchased at https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIrisandLilyStore
Of chocolate and money. In episode 11, Iris' desires come into direct conflict with her conscience as she has her first exposure to willful violation of right and wrong. Does it matter if you cross the line if no one finds out? How far will Iris go to avoid being discovered?
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Iris and Lily grew up sharing everything. Their lumpy bed. Their secret fears. Their wildest dreams. How could they end up so estranged as women?
The endearing and poignant episodes of Iris and Lily’s coming of age in the midst of a tumultuous family and changing society of the 1960s and 1970s are both humorous and heartbreaking.
Hard copies of the Iris & Lily series as well as gift items can be purchased at https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIrisandLilyStore
Lily's innocence is further punctured by the ideas of death and poverty, which she and Iris strive to fit into their world views. Lily turns to her older sister for comfort, protection, and education. But how long can Iris be that for her little sister? How long would she be expected to?
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Iris and Lily grew up sharing everything. Their lumpy bed. Their secret fears. Their wildest dreams. How could they end up so estranged as women?
The endearing and poignant episodes of Iris and Lily’s coming of age in the midst of a tumultuous family and changing society of the 1960s and 1970s are both humorous and heartbreaking.
Hard copies of the Iris & Lily series as well as gift items can be purchased at https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIrisandLilyStore
With a new town comes new friends, and new challenges, and as Iris and Lily navigate this strange new world together, they are drawn together in solidarity. Their older sisters begin to forge a path of their own. Will Iris and Lily follow?
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Iris and Lily grew up sharing everything. Their lumpy bed. Their secret fears. Their wildest dreams. How could they end up so estranged as women?
The endearing and poignant episodes of Iris and Lily’s coming of age in the midst of a tumultuous family and changing society of the 1960s and 1970s are both humorous and heartbreaking.
Hard copies of the Iris & Lily series as well as gift items can be purchased at https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIrisandLilyStore
Rules and prayers. These were the things that governed the Capotosti household. And if you didn't follow the rules, you'd better pray!
Once in their new town, Iris and Lily settle in and the tenderness of their sisterhood grows along with them.
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Iris and Lily grew up sharing everything. Their lumpy bed. Their secret fears. Their wildest dreams. How could they end up so estranged as women?
The endearing and poignant episodes of Iris and Lily’s coming of age in the midst of a tumultuous family and changing society of the 1960s and 1970s are both humorous and heartbreaking.
Hard copies of the Iris & Lily series as well as gift items can be purchased at https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIrisandLilyStore
Episode 7 opens with an email exchange between present-day Iris and Lily. Iris finds herself amid the chaos - and excitement - of Rome's shopping district, hustling to keep up with the pace of life, while Lily is firmly planted in the dentist's chair, doing her best to conjure up a sense of humor over the disparity between their lives.
As we turn back to stories of the past, the Capotosti children are loaded into the back of a moving van along with mattresses and cookware and transported away from the city to a new life in the open suburbs.
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Iris and Lily grew up sharing everything. Their lumpy bed. Their secret fears. Their wildest dreams. How could they end up so estranged as women?
The endearing and poignant episodes of Iris and Lily’s coming of age in the midst of a tumultuous family and changing society of the 1960s and 1970s are both humorous and heartbreaking.
Hard copies of the Iris & Lily series as well as gift items can be purchased at https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIrisandLilyStore
The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.