“Haunting,incisive...Kingisbrilliant.“--ElleAnabsorbing,insightfulstorywrittenincool,polishedproserighttothelastconflictedline.“--WashingtonPost“Spellbinding...Youwon’tbeabletostopreadingthisbook,butwhenyoudofinallyfinishthelastdeliciouspageandlookup,youwillseefamiliesinaclearerandmoreforgivingway.“--VanityFairWheneleven-year-oldDaleyAmory’smotherleavesherfather,Daleyisthrustintoachaoticadultworldofcompetition,indulgence,andmanipulation.Unabletoplaceherallegiance,shegentlytoesthethickeninglinebetweenherparents’incompatibleworlds:theincreasinglyliberal,sociallycommittedrealmofhermother,andtheconservative,liquor-soakedlifeofherfather.Butwithouthermothertheretokeephiminline,Daley’sfather’sbasestimpulsesandquickrageareunleashed,andDaleyfindsherselfhavingtochooseherownsurvivaloverthefathershestilldeeplyloves.Asshegrowsintoadulthood,DaleyretreatsfromtheNewEnglandcountry-clubculturethatnourishedherfather’sfearsandaddictions,andattemptstoliveoutsideofhisinfluence.Untilhehitsrockbottom.Facedwiththechancetofreeherfatherfromsixtyyearsworthofdependency,Daleymustdecidewhetherrepairingtheirbadlybrokenrelationshipisworththeriskoflosingnotonlyherprofessionaldreams,buttheloveofherlife,Jonathan,whorepresentssomuchofwhatDaley’sfatherclaimstohate,andwhohasgivenhersomuchofwhathecouldneverprovide.Aprovocativeandmasterfullytoldstoryofonewoman’slife-long,primalloyaltytoherfather,FatheroftheRainisaspellbindingjourneyintotheemotionalcomplexities,mercurialcontours,andmagneticpulloffamilies.
