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When a family secret comes to light, lives are changed forever in this honest, beautiful, and sometimes painful memoir. When Mark, adopted at birth, set out to find his genetic family as an adult, he found something he never expected—three full-blood siblings, including a persistent sister who would alter the course of his life. He finds himself faced with the emotional task of coming to know his entire birth family, along with the unintended impact it has on his parents and his marriage. This raises age-old questions: What defines family? Nature or nurture?

Sydney Smith ist Freerunnerin, doch an einen Ort wollen ihre Füße sie einfach nicht mehr tragen: nach St. Ives an der Küste Südenglands. Als sie an ihrem 47. Geburtstag endlich den Aufbruch dorthin wagt, wird sie nicht nur mit dem schmerzhaftesten Moment aus ihrer Vergangenheit konfrontiert, sondern auch mit einer Reihe skurriler Menschen: Zahntechnikerin Maria backt Muffins mit heilenden Kräften, Buchhändler Dexter ist mit der Liebe durch und trägt manchmal gerne Kleider, und Belle wohnt mit Ende zwanzig noch immer bei ihren Eltern, trägt "Ich? Otter"-T-Shirts, und führt das Hängebauchschwein der Nachbarn aus.

On her 47th birthday, Sydney Smith stands on a rooftop and prepares to jump.... Sydney is a cartoonist and freerunner. Feet constantly twitching, always teetering on the edge of life, she's never come to terms with the event that ripped her family apart when she was 10 years old. And so, on a birthday that she doesn't want to celebrate, she returns alone to St Ives to face up to her guilt and grief. It's a trip that turns out to be life-changing - and not only for herself.

Miriam hasn't left her house in three years and cannot raise her voice above a whisper. But today she has had enough and is finally ready to rejoin the outside world. Meanwhile Ralph has made the mistake of opening a closet door only to discover with a shock that his wife, Sadie, doesn't love him and never has. And so he decides to run away.

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