Inheritance by Dani Shapiro has been on my TBR for ages, ever since I read and loved Signal Fires, her most recent fiction novel. This memoir centers around the events that follow after she learns (randomly through a 23 and me test) that her father was not her biological father while well into her 50s and her parents are both deceased. As she looks for answers about her parents fertility journey (during the beginnings of such treatments), as well as the identity of her biological father and family, she grapples with so many thought-provoking conflicts that you can’t help but reflect upon about what makes us who we are, our faith, and what we owe one another.
The audiobook was fantastic and in some ways felt reminiscent of listening to Kelly Corrigan’s memoirs, so I have immediately queued up Shapiro‘s other memoirs on audiobook!