In Natural History, Andrea Barrett completes the arc of intertwined lives of a family that she has been weaving through multiple books since her National Book Award-winning collection, Ship Fever. These six stories portray some of her most beloved characters, spanning the decades between the Civil War to the present day. Building upon one another, these tales reveal how the smallest events of the past can have large reverberations across generations. A BookPage and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year.