Inheritance : a memoir of genealogy, paternity, and love
(Book)

"The acclaimed and beloved author of Hourglass now gives us a new memoir about identity, paternity, and family secrets--a real-time exploration of the staggering discovery she made last year about her father, and her struggle to piece together the hidden the story of her own life"-- On a lark, Shapiro submitted her DNA, only to discover that her beloved deceased father was not her biological parent. In a few hours of sleuthing on the Internet, she was able to piece together her conception, and even find a YouTube video of her biological father--his face and mannerisms eerily similar to her own. This memoir is part mystery, part real-time investigation, part rumination on the ineffable combination of memory, history, biology, and experience that makes us who we are. [From publisher's description]