Skinfolk: A Memoir Audiobook

Quotes

• “[Guterl] writes poignantly about his upbringing, particularly as the family and his siblings battled xenophobia and racism.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “An earnestly felt, beautifully wrought story of an American family in all its complexity.”

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• “Guterl explores the ethics involved in his parents’ endeavor and confronts the consequences of even the best intentions.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Guterl focuses much of the story on himself and his closest siblings, Bear and Bug, and on the realities of growing up in a big family. But he is clear-eyed about his privilege, even within his family.”

  — Booklist

• “Skinfolk explores a question we all face: What makes us kin?”

  — Martha S. Jones, author of Vanguard

• “[A] moving, beautifully written memoir.”

  — Natalia Molina, author of A Place at the Nayarit

• “A chronicle of life, love, complexity, race, and above all, the meaning of the word ‘family.’ ”

  — Jelani Cobb, dean of the Colombia Journalism School

• “With unflinching eyes, Matthew Pratt Guterl examines his family experiment with an academic’s precision.”

  — Julia Scheeres, author of Jesus Land

• “The story of this family is unforgettable in its embrace of the personal and the political…A powerful read.”

  — Wendy S. Walters, author of Multiply/Divide

• “An achingly moving memoir…Matthew Pratt Guterl lays his scholar’s eye over a complex narrative exploring the joys and limitations of love, family, and adoption.”

  — Marie Myung-Ok Lee, author of The Evening Hero

• “Quietly searing….[An] unflinching analysis of this and other racially complicated scenes.”

  — New York Times