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Father of the Rain

A Novel

By Lily King

Hardcover | 9780802119490

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Book Description

Prize-winning author Lily King’s masterful new novel spans three decades of a volatile relationship between a charismatic, alcoholic father and the daughter who loves him.

Gardiner Amory is a New England WASP who's beginning to feel the cracks in his empire. Nixon is being impeached, his wiContinue

Prize-winning author Lily King’s masterful new novel spans three decades of a volatile relationship between a charismatic, alcoholic father and the daughter who loves him.

Gardiner Amory is a New England WASP who's beginning to feel the cracks in his empire. Nixon is being impeached, his wife is leaving him, and his worldview is rapidly becoming outdated. His daughter, Daley, has spent the first eleven years of her life negotiating her parents’ conflicting worlds: the liberal, socially committed realm of her mother and the conservative, decadent, liquor-soaked life of her father. But when they divorce, and Gardiner’s basest impulses are unleashed, the chasm quickly widens and Daley is stretched thinly across it.

As she reaches adulthood, Daley rejects the narrow world that nourished her father’s fears and prejudices, and embarks on her own separate life—until he hits rock bottom. Lured home by the dream of getting her father sober, Daley risks everything she's found beyond him, including her new love, Jonathan, in an attempt to repair a trust broken years ago.

A provocative and masterfully told story of one woman's lifelong loyalty to her father, Father of the Rain is a spellbinding journey into the emotional complexities and magnetic pull of family.

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  • Bookreporter.com - FATHER OF THE RAIN by Lily King

    It is the early 1970s, and 11-year-old Daley Amory lives a life of privilege: country clubs, private schools, catered dinners and a large house on the coast of Massachusetts. And now she is realizing that her family's money and status can do nothing ... (read full critics)

    bookreporter published on Sat, 21 May 2011

  • FATHER OF THE RAIN by Lily King

    Review by Jill I. Shtulman (JUL 30, 2010) Years ago, I sent out a birthday invitation with the theme, “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” Funny – or so I thought. But for Daley Amory, the main character of Lily King’s poignant and at tim ... (read full critics)

    mostlyfiction published on Thu, 30 Sep 2010

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Book Details

  • English Books
  • Hardcover 384 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0802119492
  • ISBN-13: 9780802119490
  • Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
  • Pub date: Jul 06, 2010
  • Dimensions: 1478 mm x 1032 mm x 232 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Others and eBook
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