Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
By: Dani Shapiro
3.89
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
The author of Hourglass now gives us a new memoir about identity, paternity, and family secrets—a r…
Want to Read $ 13.99"It is the nature of trauma that, when left untreated, it deepens over time."-Dani Shapiro, Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
"Always lists to be made, as if writing items in neat vertical rows might stave off randomness and chaos."-Dani Shapiro, Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
"The hidden disaster was secrecy, the pretense and magical thinking, the certainty that no one ever needed to know."-Dani Shapiro, Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
"It is a measure of true adulthood that we are able to imagine our parents as the people they may have been before us."-Dani Shapiro, Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
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By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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3. After Annie
By: Anna Quindlen
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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4. The Berry Pickers
By: Amanda Peters
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
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5. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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6. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
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7. The Covenant of Water
By: Abraham Verghese
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Format: 724 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial ep… read more
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8. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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9. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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10. Hello Beautiful
By: Ann Napolitano
4.16
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
An emotionally layered and engrossing story of a family that asks: Can love make a broken person wh… read more
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"The child inside Julia lay wide-eyed in the dark, knowing that she was Jo, but only because Sylvie was Beth."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
"You and your sisters have so many reference points, such a dense history," William said. "I never get used to it."-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
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"You’re depressed, not crazy. It’s not insane to be depressed in this world. It’s more sane than being happy. I never trust those upbeat individuals who grin no matter what’s going on. Those are the o…"-Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful
11. Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)
By: Colm Tóibín
3.82
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
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12. Family Family
By: Laurie Frankel
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don’t we ev… read more
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"When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft …"-Laurie Frankel, Family Family
13. Table for Two
By: Amor Towles
4.26
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."-Amor Towles, Table for Two
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14. Sandwich
By: Catherine Newman
3.75
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more
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"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
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15. The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
By: Lara Love Hardin
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Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
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16. Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
By: Dani Shapiro
3.89
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
The author of Hourglass now gives us a new memoir about identity, paternity, and family secrets—a r… read more
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"It is the nature of trauma that, when left untreated, it deepens over time."-Dani Shapiro, Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
"Always lists to be made, as if writing items in neat vertical rows might stave off randomness and chaos."-Dani Shapiro, Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
"The hidden disaster was secrecy, the pretense and magical thinking, the certainty that no one ever needed to know."-Dani Shapiro, Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
"It is a measure of true adulthood that we are able to imagine our parents as the people they may have been before us."-Dani Shapiro, Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
17. The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are
By: Libby Copeland
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Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
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"Time is the enemy of secret-keepers, because with time comes the inevitable revelation, one way or another."-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are
"Linda would say that she was so excited to have half-sisters that she didn't fully appreciate how her story posted a fundamental threat to their story."-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are
"Seeking out genetic information... may allow adult adoptees, who had no choice in whether to be adopted, or by whom, to exercise their autonomy in making meaning out of it."-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are
"People thought they could get away with everything, she says– and indeed, they did until genetic genealogy came along. In Moore's view, DNA is an equalizer, a revelatory force with the power to right…"-Libby Copeland, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are
18. Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity
By: Richard Gary Kaye
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Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
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19. The God of the Woods
By: Liz Moore
4.27
Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more
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20. NPE* A story guide for unexpected DNA discoveries: (*a non-paternity event - when 'Dad' is not your biological father)
By: Leeanne R. Hay
4.19
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
Genealogy is a fun hobby until the results of a consumer DNA test reveal a devastating secret. NPE*… read more
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21. My Parents' Marriage
By: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
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Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
Acclaimed children’s author Nana Brew-Hammond makes her highly anticipated return with this soaring… read more
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