Description:
Nominated by the Embassy of Canada
Three months after her father’s death in December 2018, Kyo Maclear discovers a DNA test reveals he is not her biological father. In Unearthing, she becomes a detective of her own life, piecing together the story of her biological father.
This compelling memoir explores inheritance beyond heredity, blending suspense with reflections on race, lineage, and our cultural fascination with genetics. Readers of Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart will appreciate Maclear’s sharp insights into grief, loyalty, and mother-daughter relationships. Through storytelling and the metaphor of gardening, Unearthing examines what is planted, what is buried, and how love shapes the act of understanding the past.