Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud Newton

Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation

Maud Newton

432 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir informative reflective medium-paced
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Maud Newton’s ancestors have fascinated her since she was a girl. Her mother’s father was said to have married thirteen times. Her mother’s grandfather killed a man with a hay hook. Mental illness and religious fanaticism percolated Maud’s materna...

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funny 3%
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