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Availability Label | Location | Shelfmark | Availability | Reservations |
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Central Branch | Biography Macle-M | On loan until: 09/May/24 |
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Central Branch | Biography Macle-M | On loan until: 10/May/24 |
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Title Statement | Unearthing: a story of tangled love and family secrets / Kyo Maclear. |
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Author | Maclear, Kyo, 1970- |
Publication | Toronto, ON: Alfred A. Knopf Canada,[2023]©2023 |
Extent of Item | 393 pages |
ISBN | 9781039006706 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr06950280 |
General Notes | Subtitle from cover. |
Summary | "For readers of Crying in H Mart and Wintering, an unforgettable memoir about a family secret revealed by a DNA test, the lessons learned in its aftermath, and the indelible power of love. Three months after Kyo Maclear's father dies in December 2018, she gets the results of a DNA test showing that she and the father who raised her are not biologically related. Suddenly Maclear becomes a detective in her own life, unravelling a family mystery piece by piece, and assembling the story of her biological father. Along the way, larger questions arise: what exactly is kinship? And what does it mean to be a family? Thoughtful in its reflections on race and lineage, unflinching in its insights on grief and loyalty, Unearthing is a captivating and propulsive story of inheritance that goes beyond heredity. What gets planted, and what gets buried? What role does storytelling play in unearthing the past and making sense of a life? Can the humble act of tending a garden provide common ground for an inquisitive daughter and her complicated mother? As it seeks to answer these questions, Unearthing bursts with the very love it seeks to understand."-- |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Family secrets |
Parent and adult child | |
Authors, Canadian (English)--Biography--21st century | |
Women authors, Canadian (English)--21st century | |
By Name | Maclear, Kyo,1970- |
Maclear, Kyo,1970---Family | |
By Genre | Biographies |
Personal narratives | |
Novels |