Maud Newton

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation

Maud Newton’s first book was named one of the best of the year by the New Yorker, NPR, Washington Post, Time, Boston GlobeEsquire, Garden & Gun, Entertainment Weekly, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It was a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection, a Roxane Gay Audacious Book Club Pick, and a finalist for the 2023 John Leonard Prize.

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