

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. Over the course of a single day, her entire history-the life she had lived-crumbled beneath her.

In 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.

"Memoir gold: a profound and exquisitely rendered exploration of identity and the true meaning of family." - People Description NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the acclaimed author of Signal Fires and host of the hit podcast Family Secrets 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.
