{"product_id":"inheritance-a-memoir-of-genealogy-paternity-and-love-9780525434030","title":"Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn Instant \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES, BOSTON GLOBE, WALL STREET JOURNAL, \u003c\/i\u003eand NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by *\u003ci\u003eElle * Vanity Fair * Wired * Real Simple *\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews *\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBookPage *\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Memoir gold: a profound and exquisitely rendered exploration of identity and the true meaning of family.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautifully written and deeply moving--it brought me to tears more than once.\"--Ruth Franklin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the acclaimed, best-selling memoirist, novelist and host of the hit podcast \u003ci\u003eFamily Secrets, \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a memoir about the staggering family secret uncovered by a genealogy test: an exploration of the urgent ethical questions surrounding fertility treatments and DNA testing, and a profound inquiry of paternity, identity, and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the spring of 2016, through a genealogy website to which she had casually submitted her DNA for analysis, Dani Shapiro received the stunning 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e Inheritance \u003c\/i\u003eis a book about secrets. 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eInheritance \u003c\/i\u003eis a devastating and haunting interrogation of the meaning of kinship and identity, written with stunning intensity and precision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525434030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Dani Shapiro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638288937116,"sku":"9780525434030","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4d453beb-6061-42ac-9dd0-b7ee5fb5c6d9.jpg?v=1603846914","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/inheritance-a-memoir-of-genealogy-paternity-and-love-9780525434030","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}