Fatherline

Following the success of her international bestseller Consent, Vanessa Springora's new book Patrimony is a kaleidoscopic work that weaves together personal narrative, family memoir and modern history. Following the death of her father, who passed away on the day that Consent was published, Vanessa Springora sets out on the trail of family legends and begins to question the significance of her last name. Illuminating both her father's life and her own through her discoveries, she offers a pr...