Family Tree

Title: Family Tree
Author: Carole Cadwalladr
ISBN: 9780525948421
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Published: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1st ptg.
Number of Pages: 400
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Rebecca Monroe is terrified of turning into her mother.

On the day Lady Diana married Prince Charles, Rebeccaas mother locked herself in the bathroom of 24 Beech Drive and never came out. Was it because the holiday dinner didnat turn out just right? Because Rebeccaas grandmother married her first cousin? Or was she simply, unalterably unhappy? According to Rebeccaas scientist husband, our genes control our fate, but Rebecca isnat so sure. Leaving everything to science allows little room for the events that shape our lives.

Looking for clues in a family history filled with three generations of mistaken marriages, dubiously fathered children, and hand-me-down sayings, Rebecca discovers she is just one piece of a family history that is still unravelingaand she wonders if events of the past are destined to repeat themselves in her own childas future.

The intertwining relationships of mothers and daughters, sisters and brothers, and husbands and wives go to the heart of "The Family Tree" as it transcends the story of one woman and her family to become an indelible and resonant novel in which author Carole Cadwalladr ponders what truly makes us who we are.