Father of the Rain A Novel

by King, Lily

• ISBN13: 9780802119490
• ISBN10: 0802119492
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-07-06
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

Summary

From the award-winning author of "The English Teacher" comes her most ambitious novel yet. King sets her sharply insightful family drama in an upper-middle-class suburb, where she traces a complex and explosive father-daughter relationship from the 1970s to the present day. Its a story, told over 40 years, of a small town family, mostly centered around one woman and her father. It is told through the eyes, and mind of Daley, who was born into a typical uptight, New England family in the 60's, where alcoholism, racism, sexism, and just about any other "ism" you could think of was rampant. We follow Daley from a small child, and her impressions of her life, through teen years, college and post college, into her late 20s, and then into her 40s. The early part of the book sets the stage for the family's issues and Daley's early influences. The latter part of the book is centered around the very complex relationship Daley has with her father.

Author Biography

Lily King is the author of two previous novels, The Pleasing Hour and The English Teacher. The Pleasing Hour was a New York Times Notable Book, an alternate for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and the winner of the Barnes and Noble Discover Award. The English Teacher was a Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year, a Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year, and the winner of the Maine Fiction Award. King is the recipient of a Whiting Award, and her stories have appeared in several anthologies and literary magazines. She lives in Maine with her husband and children.