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Inheritance : a memoir of genealogy, paternity, and love
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First edition.
"The acclaimed and beloved author of Hourglass now gives us a new memoir about identity, paternity, and family secrets--a real-time exploration of the staggering discovery she made last year about her father, and her struggle to piece together the hidden story of her own life." --
"In the spring of 2016, through a genealogy website to which she had whimsically submitted her DNA, Dani Shapiro received the astonishing news that her beloved deceased father was not her biological father. Over the course of a single day, her entire history--the life she had lived--crumbled beneath her. In just a few hours of Internet sleuthing, she was able to piece together the story of her conception and, remarkably, find a YouTube video of her biological father--his face and mannerisms eerily similar to her own. [This] is a book about secrets--secrets within families, kept out of shame or self-protectiveness; secrets we keep from one another in the name of love. It is the story of a woman's urgent quest to unlock the story of her own identity, a story that had been scrupulously hidden from her for more than fifty years. It is a book about the extraordinary moment we live in, a moment in which science and technology have outpaced not only medical ethics but also the capacities of the human heart to contend with the consequences of what we discover. Dani Shapiro's memoir unfolds at a breakneck pace--part mystery, part real-time investigation, part rumination on the ineffable combination of memory, history, biology, and experience that makes us who we are. A haunting interrogation of the meaning of kinship and identity, written with stunning intensity and precision--Dani Shapiro's most intimate and compelling work yet."--Dust jacket.
"In the spring of 2016, through a genealogy website to which she had whimsically submitted her DNA, Dani Shapiro received the astonishing news that her beloved deceased father was not her biological father. Over the course of a single day, her entire history--the life she had lived--crumbled beneath her. In just a few hours of Internet sleuthing, she was able to piece together the story of her conception and, remarkably, find a YouTube video of her biological father--his face and mannerisms eerily similar to her own. [This] is a book about secrets--secrets within families, kept out of shame or self-protectiveness; secrets we keep from one another in the name of love. It is the story of a woman's urgent quest to unlock the story of her own identity, a story that had been scrupulously hidden from her for more than fifty years. It is a book about the extraordinary moment we live in, a moment in which science and technology have outpaced not only medical ethics but also the capacities of the human heart to contend with the consequences of what we discover. Dani Shapiro's memoir unfolds at a breakneck pace--part mystery, part real-time investigation, part rumination on the ineffable combination of memory, history, biology, and experience that makes us who we are. A haunting interrogation of the meaning of kinship and identity, written with stunning intensity and precision--Dani Shapiro's most intimate and compelling work yet."--Dust jacket.
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| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
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| Eastchester Public Library | B SHAPIRO (Text) Biography |
31008152363897 |
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| Greenburgh Public Library | B SHAPIRO (Text) Biography |
31009154584852 |
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| Harrison Public Library | BIO SHAPIRO (Text) Biography |
31010300177179 |
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| Harrison Public Library | BIO SHAPIRO (Text) Biography |
31010300181890 |
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| Harrison West Harrison Branch Library | BIO SHAPIRO (Text) Biography |
31010400082055 |
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| Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library | B SHAPIRO (Text) Biography |
31011151371598 |
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| Hendrick Hudson Free Library | B SHAPIRO (Text) Biography |
31016151664926 |
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| Irvington Public Library | BIOGRAPHY SHAPIRO, D (Text) Biography |
31012154436594 |
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| John C. Hart Memorial Library | B SHAPIRO (Text) Biography |
31030154931851 |
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| Katonah Village Library | B SHAPIRO (Text) Biography |
31013151806573 |
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