Synopsis
Winner of the New England Book Award for Fiction
From Lily King, beloved author of Writers and Lovers, Father of the Rain is a mesmerising novel about the complexity and power of familial love.
Gardiner Amory’s life is reeling – Nixon is being impeached, his wife is leaving him and his worldview is rapidly becoming outdated. His daughter, Daley, has spent her life negotiating her parents’ conflicting worlds: the liberal realm of her mother and the conservative, liquor-soaked life of her father. But when the pair divorces, Gardiner’s basest impulses are unleashed in a deluge, and the chasm between all of them widens.
As she reaches adulthood, Daley rejects her father’s prejudices and embarks on her own life – until Gardiner hits rock bottom. Returning home to help her father get sober, Daley risks everything, including a chance at love, in an attempt to repair a trust that was broken long ago . . .
'A gripping epic about a father and daughter that plumbs the dark side of a family riven by addiction and mental illness' - Entertainment Weekly
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“Richly satisfying.”Richard Russo
“A gripping epic about a father and daughter that plumbs the dark side of a family riven by addiction and mental illness.”Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly
“Brilliant . . . An absorbing, insightful story written in cool, polished prose right to the last conflicted line.”The Washington Post, The Washington Post
“Spellbinding . . . You won't be able to stop reading.”Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair
