Summary
"Maud Newton's ancestors have vexed and fascinated her since she was a girl. Her mother's father, who came of age during the Great Depression in Texas, was supposedly married thirteen times, and survived being shot in the stomach by one of his wives. His father purportedly killed a man in the street... Full description
- A doorway
- Not forgotten
- Like a lenticular print
- Skeletons and magnolias
- Family secrets
- DNA sleuthing
- A universal family tree
- Taking a bite
- It skips a generation
- An impulse to leap
- The idea of heredity
- Genes expressing themselves
- Grandma's eyes
- The family face
- Mugshots from DNA
- Grudging kinship
- Chasing the dream
- Emotional recurrences
- Heirlooms and disinheritance
- Monstrous bequests
- Not racist
- Disconnection
- Unacknowledged remains
- The witch
- Generational curses
- Veneration
- Lineage repair
- The namesake
- Beneficial and malignant creativity
- Roots.