The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir

The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir - Paperback

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The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir - Paperback

The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir - Paperback

by A. M. Homes
$27.00
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Book Overview

The "fierce and eloquent" (New York Times) memoir from A.M Homes, award-winning author of May We Be Forgiven and the forthcoming novel The Unfolding

The acclaimed writer A. M. Homes was given up for adoption before she was born. Her biological mother was a twenty-two-year-old single woman who was having an affair with a much older married man with a family of his own. The Mistress's Daughter is the ruthlessly honest account of what happened when, thirty years later, her birth parents came looking for her. Homes relates how they initially made contact and what happened afterwards, and digs through the family history of both sets of her parents in a twenty-first-century electronic search for self. Daring, heartbreaking, and startlingly funny, Homes's memoir is a brave and profoundly moving consideration of identity and family.

"A compelling, devastating, and furiously good book written with an honesty few of us would risk." --Zadie Smith

"I fell in love with it from the first page and read compulsively to the end." --Amy Tan
ISBN9780143113317
Author A. M. Homes
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
GenreBiography and Relationships
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2008
LanguageENG- English
Pages256
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About A. M. Homes

A.M. Homes is the author of over 10 books including the novels May We Be Forgiven and Music for Torching; and the short story collection, Things You Should Know. Homes's work has been translated into over 20 languages and she is a frequent contributor to Art Forum, Harpers, Granta, and more.

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