Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets by Kyo MacLear
Three months after Kyo Maclear’s father died, a DNA test revealed a shocking truth: the man who raised her was not her biological father. Thrust into a whirlwind of mystery, 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, in this gripping memoir, she asks larger questions, what exactly is kinship? And what does it mean to be a family?
- Last updated: October 4, 2024
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A memoir about a family secret revealed by a DNA test, the lessons learned in its aftermath, and the indelible.
Playing on metaphors from her avocation as a gardener, Maclear chronicles her discovery of “a secret buried for half a century.”
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Kyo Maclear's poetic, elliptical memoir Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets begins with the revelation of a fact buried for almost five decades.
Maclear’s precise, hypnotic prose will appeal to readers of Margaret Renkl. This quiet story lingers.