Unearthing by Kyo Maclear

After Kyo Maclear's father dies, a DNA test shows that she is not biologically related to the father that raised her. Maclear embarks on a journey to unravel the family mystery and uncover the story of her biological father, raising questions about kinship and what it means to be family.

Unearthingwon the 2023 Governor General's Literary Award for nonfiction.

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Kyo Maclear is an essayist, novelist and children's author. Her books have been translated into 15 languages, won a Governor General's Literary Award and been nominated for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, among others. Her memoir Birds Art Life was a finalist for the 2017 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction and won the 2018 Trillium Book Award.

Interviews Kyo Maclear

The Next Chapter20:27Kyo Maclear on Unearthing

Shelagh Rogers talks to Kyo Maclear about the author's journey to self discovery in the memoir, Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Families Secrets.