Available October 2026!
Terms & Conditions
For those who (select any that apply):
Are card-carrying members of The Fatherless Daughters Club
Have anxiety
Have an inherited cancer risk
Like pattern recognition & analysis
Like order, as in alphabetical
Like nonlinearity
Like fragments
Like memoir
Like creative nonfiction
All of the above
Amy Goldmacher, Ph.D.
I write for people who look like they’ve got their sh*t together but experience significant anxiety sometimes.
What Readers Say
“I've never experienced a book quite like this, a memoir of sorts told through a hybrid of moments, memories, and artifacts.”
— Jeff Bogle, Author of Street Cats & Where to Find Them and Publisher at Stanchion
“Expertly maps the terrain between inheritance and escape, moving from the clinical language of genetic mutation to the intimate vocabulary of family trauma. Succinct and devastating, each entry is a meditation on love, loss, and what it means to survive.”
— Darien Hsu Gee, award-winning author of Allegiance and Other Small Histories
“Sharply captures the unease and uncertainty of our health and heredity. With startling honesty, Goldmacher offers a glossary both personal and universal—an affecting, emotional story.”
— Dinty W. Moore, Author of Between Panic & Desire
My Other Books
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Terms & Conditions
The way we grew up doesn’t have to be the way we live the rest of our lives.
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Designing An Anthropology Career
Tools to identify your professional goals and follow through on them.
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Record: A Journal
For writers, travelers, and those who think they aren’t good at journaling.
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Anxiety Book In Progress
Anxiety is a signal to recognize, not a flaw to eliminate.
