The Bill from My Father

A Los Angeles Times reporter recounts his twenty-two-year search for the truth behind his father's murder, an event that devastated his childhood and eventually revealed startling truths

The author, seeking to find his grandfather's old home, follows his family history back to his great great grandfather who was born a slave and died a free man with forty acres.

Dear Friend, Thanks for your interest in this book! Thinking about the question of friendship, I remembered my father. He was a friend to everyone. I wanted to learn more about his life. But I also think his life will be interesting to many more people, who want to know

What do you wear to meet your father for the first time? In 2004, Hannah Pool knew more about next season's lipstick colors than she did about Africa: a beauty editor for The Guardian newspaper, she juggled lattes and cocktails, handbags and hangouts through her twenties just like any other

The author of In My Mother’s House reflects on a spiritual and political awakening that connects her to her father “in this affecting and intimate memoir” (Publishers Weekly). For years, author and psychoanalyst Kim Chernin thought her Marxist firebrand mother was her role model. As she enters midlife, however, Chernin