Wow – what a strange, exotic and chaotic childhood she had – the daughter of John McPhee and his first wife, Pryde Brown. McPhee (the author of several well-received novels) grew up on Omega Farm near Princeton, NJ with her mother, step-father and a large and ever-changing number of sibs and step-sibs. She returns during Covid to deal with her aging mother (suffering from dementia) and her now ramshackle property. The early Covid period has generated lots of interesting memoirs and novels recently, and in this case, the return to her childhood home results in an exploration of her family legacy, relationships, and her past.