Never has the cliche “truth is stranger than fiction” applied more than to the woman on today's episode. You couldn’t make Susan Francis’s life up - it has too many twists.

It begins with an adoption story and the mystery of her biological parents, it includes a secret sister, a heartbreaking confrontation, unexpected love and a series of events that were so dramatic that she had to write them down in a memoir just to make sense of them. It’s called The Love That Remains. 

Read an extract of The Love That Remainshere. 

Listen to part two of Mia's conversation with Susan here. 

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Host: Mia Freedman . You can find Mia on Instagram here

Guest: Susan Francis 

Producer: Melanie Tait 

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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

Never has the cliche &ldquo;truth is stranger than fiction&rdquo; applied more than to the woman on today's episode. You couldn&rsquo;t make Susan Francis&rsquo;s life up - it has too many twists.
It begins with an adoption story and the mystery of her biological parents, it includes a secret sister, a heartbreaking confrontation, unexpected love and a series of events that were so dramatic that she had to write them down in a memoir just to make sense of them. It&rsquo;s called <a href="https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/other-books/The-Love-That-Remains-Susan-Francis-9781760876722">The Love That Remains.</a>&nbsp;
Read an extract of The Love That Remains <a href="https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/other-books/The-Love-That-Remains-Susan-Francis-9781760876722">here.</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/no-filter/the-extraordinary-true-story-of-susan-francis-part-two/?utm_source=shownotes&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=nofilter">Listen to part two of Mia's conversation with Susan here.</a>&nbsp;
CREDITS:
Host:<a href="https://www.miafreedman.com/"> Mia Freedman&nbsp;</a>. You can find Mia on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miafreedman/?hl=en">Instagram here</a>
Guest: Susan Francis&nbsp;
Producer: Melanie Tait&nbsp;
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

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The Extraordinary True Story of Susan Francis [re-release]

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/3ea926be-9be7-482a-8ac3-a44f016e43d1/clips/040bd9dd-f7e9-4672-99e5-b2430054da9e/transcript

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