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Father of the Rain
- Author
- Lily King
- Narrator
- Cassandra Campbell
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 7 November 2024
- Run Time
- 12 hours 35 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: identity / belonging, Narrative theme: politics / economics, Narrative theme: health and illness, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects
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What to expect
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Amory’s life is reeling – Nixon is being impeached, his wife is leaving him and his worldview is rapidly becoming outdated.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
Critics Review
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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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Brilliant . . . An absorbing, insightful story written in cool, polished prose right to the last conflicted line.
The Washington Post
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Spellbinding . . . You won't be able to stop reading.
Vanity Fair
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King is a beautiful writer, with equally strong gifts for dialogue and internal monologue.
The New York Times Book Review
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Haunting, incisive . . . brilliant.
Elle
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Luminous . . . Uplifing . . . Fresh, with vividly drawn characters.
O, The Oprah Magazine
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Fierce.
Vogue
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A big, powerful punch of a novel.
Entertainment Weekly
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Richly satisfying.
Richard Russo
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Details
- Author
- Lily King
- Narrator
- Cassandra Campbell
- Duration
- 12 hours 35 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 November 2024
- ISBN
- 9781035051168
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: identity / belonging, Narrative theme: politics / economics, Narrative theme: health and illness, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects
Synopsis
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’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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