The New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling book, The Memory Palace, is a breathtaking literary memoir about the complex meaning of love, truth, and the capacity for forgiveness among family. Through stunning prose and original art created by the author in tandem with the text, The Memory Palace explores the connections between mother and daughter that cannot be broken no matter how much exists—or is lost—between them. A 2012 ALA Notable Book and winner of the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography. The Memory Palace is now available in paperback wherever books are sold.

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