Winner of the New England Book Award for FictionFrom 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&rsquos life is reeling &ndash Nixon is being impeached, his wife is leaving him and his worldview is rapidly becoming outdated.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&rsquo conflicting worlds the liberal realm of her mother and the conservative, liquorsoaked life of her father. But when the pair divorces, Gardiner&rsquos basest impulses are unleashed in a deluge, and the chasm between all of them widens.As she reaches adulthood, Daley rejects her father&rsquos prejudices and embarks on her own life &ndash 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

Binding: Paperback;384 pages; Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL; Classification: FA; Weight: 416 g; Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 20

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