This is a collection of fiction, memoir, biography and reportage, focusing on the family, which has been published by Granta since 1980. The collection includes works by Peter Carey, Angela Carter, Raymond Carver, Hugh Collins, Bret Easton Ellis, Louis Erdich, Mikal Gilmore, Michael Ignatieff, Ian Jack, Blake Morrison, Mona Simpson, William Wharton, Geoffrey Wolff, Sousa Jamba, Doris Lessing, Beverly Lowry, Christian McEwen, Tod McEwen, Candia McWilliam, Leonard Michaels and Susan J. Miller.