Valerie S. (VolunteerVal) -
This is a fascinating memoir: on a whim, author Dani Shapiro took a DNA test and the results sent her reeling - there is no way her beloved father is her biological father. This is incredibly significant because through her father, Ms. Shapiro received her strong religious and ethnic Jewish identity.
This revelation sparks a year of internet deep dives, interviews with people connected to her deceased parents, and deep soul searching. Hers is an examined life (this is her fifth memoir at age 54) and she is completely candid as readers follow her journey of discovery, one which answers some lifelong questions.
I highly recommend this memoir if you like reading about family secrets, nature vs. nurture, or the ethics of reproduction issues in the 1950s and 60s.
This revelation sparks a year of internet deep dives, interviews with people connected to her deceased parents, and deep soul searching. Hers is an examined life (this is her fifth memoir at age 54) and she is completely candid as readers follow her journey of discovery, one which answers some lifelong questions.
I highly recommend this memoir if you like reading about family secrets, nature vs. nurture, or the ethics of reproduction issues in the 1950s and 60s.
Nada A. reviewed Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love on + 1366 more book reviews
Dani Shapiro's memoirs - at least the two I have read so far - tend to ponder big life questions. The book Inheritance deals with the question of identity. I find that in both, I have been willing to follow along for almost three hundred pages as Ms. Shapiro seems to think out loud through the dilemmas of her life. For me, the books just work.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2019/02/inheritance.html
Reviewed for Penguin First to Read program.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2019/02/inheritance.html
Reviewed for Penguin First to Read program.
