A STYLIST BEST NON-FICTION PICK
'A lucid and compelling memoir of family rupture and repair' Sue Stuart-Smith, author of The Well Gardened Mind
'Gorgeous and generous . . . a mind-altering journey that challenges biological determination' Naomi Klein, Esquire
Three months after Kyo Maclear's father dies, a DNA test reveals that they were not biologically related. All at once Kyo's silver-haired mother becomes a mystery to her; she holds the story of a secret buried for half a century, but her memories are fading, and words are failing them both.
Maclear does not speak Japanese and so to unearth the past, she must turn to her mother's second fluent tongue: gardening. Unearthing is a memoir written in the wild green language of soil, seed, leaf and mulch. With exquisite illustrations by the author, this is a tribute to the ineradicable love between a mother and daughter.
"A lucid and compelling memoir of family rupture and repair and the power of plants to anchor us in the world" - Sue Stuart-Smith, author of the Sunday Times Bestseller The Well Gardened Mind
"A lyrical and at times cryptic meditation on nature, kinship and the lives of both humans and plants" - New Statesman
"An alluring blend of grief, racial identity and memory" - The Bookseller
"Three months after the death of her father, Maclear discovered they were not biologically related but finding the truth proves difficult as her mother's language and memory are failing. Instead, mother and daughter begin to tend a garden together as Maclear begins to unearth the past..." - Stylist's pick of the best non-fiction for 2024
"Complex story with delicacy and charm" - Mail on Sunday
"As she uncovers her family history - including previously unknown Jewish ancestry - she meditates on the nature of marriage, fidelity and familial love, while seeking an affinity with the natural world and solace in a love of gardening inherited from her mother" - Observer
"A mind-altering journey that challenges biological determination, while rooting family in the daily practice of care and love... moving" - Esquire
"A moving account of a daughter's struggle to know her mother" - Washington Post
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'A lucid and compelling memoir of family rupture and repair' Sue Stuart-Smith, author of The Well Gardened Mind
'Gorgeous and generous . . . a mind-altering journey that challenges biological determination' Naomi Klein, Esquire
Three months after Kyo Maclear's father dies, a DNA test reveals that they were not biologically related. All at once Kyo's silver-haired mother becomes a mystery to her; she holds the story of a secret buried for half a century, but her memories are fading, and words are failing them both.
Maclear does not speak Japanese and so to unearth the past, she must turn to her mother's second fluent tongue: gardening. Unearthing is a memoir written in the wild green language of soil, seed, leaf and mulch. With exquisite illustrations by the author, this is a tribute to the ineradicable love between a mother and daughter.
"A lucid and compelling memoir of family rupture and repair and the power of plants to anchor us in the world" - Sue Stuart-Smith, author of the Sunday Times Bestseller The Well Gardened Mind
"A lyrical and at times cryptic meditation on nature, kinship and the lives of both humans and plants" - New Statesman
"An alluring blend of grief, racial identity and memory" - The Bookseller
"Three months after the death of her father, Maclear discovered they were not biologically related but finding the truth proves difficult as her mother's language and memory are failing. Instead, mother and daughter begin to tend a garden together as Maclear begins to unearth the past..." - Stylist's pick of the best non-fiction for 2024
"Complex story with delicacy and charm" - Mail on Sunday
"As she uncovers her family history - including previously unknown Jewish ancestry - she meditates on the nature of marriage, fidelity and familial love, while seeking an affinity with the natural world and solace in a love of gardening inherited from her mother" - Observer
"A mind-altering journey that challenges biological determination, while rooting family in the daily practice of care and love... moving" - Esquire
"A moving account of a daughter's struggle to know her mother" - Washington Post
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