The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir

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On the day that A.M. Homes was born in 1961, she was given up for adoption. Her birth parents were a twenty-two-year-old woman and an older, married man. Thirty years later, out of the blue, they track her down. The Mistress's Daughter is a riveting account of what happened next.

Reviews

A compelling, devastating, and furiously good book written with an honesty few of us would risk.
Zadie Smith
Fierce and eloquent.
"The New York Times Book Review"
As startling and riveting as her fiction . . . a lacerating memoir in which the formerly powerless child triumphs with the help of a mighty pen.
"San Francisco Chronicle"
Rich in humanity and humor . . . Homes combines an unfussy candor with a deliciously droll, quirky wit. . . . Her energy and urgency become infectious.
"USA Today"
I fell in love with it from the first page and read compulsively to the end.
Amy Tan
As a memoirist, A. M. Homes takes a characteristically fierce and fearless approach. And she has a whopper of a personal story to tell.
"Chicago Tribune"
aA compelling, devastating, and furiously good book written with an honesty few of us would risk.a
aZadie Smith
aFierce and eloquent.a
a"The New York Times Book Review"
aAs startling and riveting as her fiction . . . a lacerating memoir in which the formerly powerless child triumphs with the help of a mighty pen.a
a"San Francisco Chronicle"
aRich in humanity and humor . . . Homes combines an unfussy candor with a deliciously droll, quirky wit. . . . Her energy and urgency become infectious.a
a"USA Today"
aI fell in love with it from the first page and read compulsively to the end.a
aAmy Tan
aAs a memoirist, A. M. Homes takes a characteristically fierce and fearless approach. And she has a whopper of a personal story to tell.a
a"Chicago Tribune"
"A compelling, devastating, and furiously good book written with an honesty few of us would risk."
-Zadie Smith

"Fierce and eloquent."
-"The New York Times Book Review"

"As startling and riveting as her fiction . . . a lacerating memoir in which the formerly powerless child triumphs with the help of a mighty pen."
-"San Francisco Chronicle"

"Rich in humanity and humor . . . Homes combines an unfussy candor with a deliciously droll, quirky wit. . . . Her energy and urgency become infectious."
-"USA Today"

"I fell in love with it from the first page and read compulsively to the end."
-Amy Tan

"As a memoirist, A. M. Homes takes a characteristically fierce and fearless approach. And she has a whopper of a personal story to tell."
-"Chicago Tribune"

Author Bio

A.M. Homes is the author of five novels - This Book Will Save Your Life, In A Country of Mothers, The End of Alice, Music for Torching, and Jack - and two collections of short stories, The Safety of Objects and Things You Should Know, all published by Granta Books. She lives in New York City.