Unearthing
A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD FOR NON-FICTION • A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year • National Jewish Book Award Finalist
For readers of Crying in H Mart and Wintering, an unforgettable memoir about a family secret revealed by a DNA test, the lessons learned in its aftermath, and the indelible power of love.
Three months after Kyo Maclear’s father dies in December 2018, she gets the results of a DNA test showing that she and the father who raised her are not biologically related. Suddenly 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, larger questions…
KYO MACLEAR is an award-winning novelist, essayist, and children's author. Her books have been translated into eighteen languages and published in over twenty-five countries. She is the author of the hybrid memoir Birds Art Life (2017), winner of the Trillium Book Award. Kyo holds a doctorate in environmental humanities and is on faculty at the University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA.
Unearthing
Kyo Maclear
Noodles on a Bicycle
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Gracey Zhang
Kumo
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Nathalie Dion
The Big Bath House
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Gracey Zhang
Story Boat
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh
It Began With a Page
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Julie Morstad
Birds Art Life
Kyo Maclear
Julia, Child
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Julie Morstad
Bloom
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Julie Morstad
Yak and Dove
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Esmé Shapiro
The Fog
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Kenard Pak
The Liszts
Kyo Maclear; illustrated by Júlia Sardà