<p>Her pregnancy forces Rebecca Monroe--married to a scientist who is a firm believer in genetic disposition not fate--to reassess her own own offbeat, sometimes dysfunctional family history, including a loving mother obsessed with holiday trifle, an aging hippie aunt, an overly imaginative sister, and a grandmother hiding a lifelong secret. A first novel. 25,000 first printing.</p>

The Family Tree

Literature & Fiction

Carole Cadwalladr

Literary

Dutton Adult

<p>On the day Lady Diana married Prince Charles, Rebecca Monroe's mother locked herself in the bathroom and never came out. Was it because the holiday dinner didn't turn out just right? Because Rebecca's grandmother married her first cousin? Or was she simply, unalterably unhappy? According to Rebecca's scientist husband, our genes control our fate - but Rebecca isn't so sure.</p>

Genre Fiction

Thorndike Press

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The Family Tree

The Family Tree