Article: A.M. Homes: in her new memoir, the novelist known for zeroing in on the cracks and craters in contemporary relationships tells the story of one of the biggest fissures in her own life.(DARING WRITER)(Interview)

Thirty-one years after being adopted by a family in Chevy Chase, Maryland, acclaimed novelist A.M. Homes was confronted by the ground-shifting news that her birth parents were looking for her. In her new memoir, The Mistress's Daughter (Viking), the writer tells the riveting, heartbreaking, and at times hilarious story of meeting her birth parents and uncovering their shared past, while also exploring the issue of adoption and the meaning of family and identity. Here, her friend Patricia Clarkson puts her on the couch.

PATRICIA CLARKSON: The photo of you on the cover is just heartbreaking and beautiful. That's true of the book, too, but you had me at the photo.

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