From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen comes a story about DNA and our passion for biological truths. In the novel More Than Enough, a woman confronts the surprising results of an ancestry test—a challenge conversationalist Bill Griffeth knows first-hand.
In this evening pairing fiction and fact, we’ll go deep into a novel that should be read by anyone using DNA testing in pursuit of their family’s history. When high school English teacher Polly Goodman is given an ancestry test kit as a joke, she tests without thinking too much about it. When Polly learns the results match her with a stranger, she is certain there’s been a mistake. Yet she cannot help but comb through her family history for answers.
With her trademark warmth, humor, and insight into the power of love and hope, author Anna Quindlen explores how we find ourselves again and again through the relationships that define us. Don’t miss her illuminating conversation with author and TV anchor Bill Griffeth, who’s own DNA journey mirrors Polly’s their discussion. During an extended audience Q+A session, Ms. Quindlen and Mr. Griffeth will be joined by science journalist Libby Copeland, who will share insights on this growing area of exploration: the latest statistics, trends, and findings on DNA testing, which are greatly impacting individuals and families.
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The live broadcast will take place May 7, 2026, 6:00-7:15p.m. Eastern Time. The program will be recorded, and registrants will receive a link to the video recording, which will be posted to this page.
Additional Information
Attendees who purchase the $42 bundled ticket will be mailed a signed (book plated) copy of More than Enough (hardcover, $29 value). Books will be shipped two week after the live event. They will be sent Priority Mail throughout the U.S., except in Massachusetts (Media Mail).
Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of many novels including Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last One, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, and Miller’s Valley. Her memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, published in 2012, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Her book A Short Guide to a Happy Life has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at The New York Times she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections, Living Out Loud and Thinking Out Loud. Her Newsweek columns were collected in Loud and Clear.
Bill Griffeth covered Wall Street for almost 40 years. In 2019 he retired from day-to-day anchoring duties at CNBC and became an Anchor-At-Large. Among many awards, he was nominated for six Cable ACE awards as Best News Anchor. Griffeth is the author of several books including The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir and its sequel Strangers No More, both American Ancestors bestsellers. Have At It Sister was an Audible True Crime Original. Griffeth is a former Trustee at American Ancestors and has joined as an expert and moderated several panels on DNA and surprises in family history research.
A former staff reporter at The Washington Post, award-winning journalist Libby Copeland has written for The Atlantic, Slate, Smithsonian, The New York Times, The New Republic, and The Wall Street Journal. Her book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are, explores the rapidly evolving phenomenon of home DNA testing, its implications for how we think about family and ourselves, and its ramifications for American culture broadly.
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