New York: Dutton, (2004). First edition - The highly praised first novel by this British journalist - "The very cleverness of its central motif - a dissertation on the expression of genetic traits, mostly through the evidence of prime-time soap opera - makes The Family Tree a notable debut. Carole Cadwalladr takes the reader deep under the skin of one unhappy, even cursed and yet utterly ordinary family. Through the eyes of a character so honest and doggedly hopeful, we see our own selves." (Jacquelyn Mitchard) 390 pp.