Books about what we inherit, and what we choose to pass on.

If you've read the books and thought "I already know this, what I can't seem to do is be the person who does it," this is for you. We publish careful, practical nonfiction for readers who arrived at these questions through their own life, not through a bestseller list.

01Featured this season

The book we keep handing people.

02The Catalog

Ten books, one preoccupation.

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03
The House

If you're tired of books that promise transformation and deliver platitudes, so are we.

Our subject is the things that travel through families without permission. The way you say someone's name when you're tired. The money habits you learned before you could count. The silence that meant something specific in the kitchen of your childhood.

Our books will not promise you a different life. They'll name what's actually in front of you, give you something to do with it, and trust you to take it from there. That's the deal.

04The Authors

Two voices, one preoccupation.

A Currently in print · seven titles

Ava McKinley

Cycle-Breaking Parenting

For the parent who has read enough about what to do and is now looking for something on why you can't seem to do it. Seven books. One preoccupation, the gap between knowing and being able. Her own site lives at avamckinley.com.

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J Currently in print · three titles

Joanna Prescott

Money & Childhood

For the parent who knows their kid is learning how money works mostly by watching them. Three books on what we hand down before our children can count, written by a former teacher who, in her own words, is no money whiz herself.