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 lea
Father of the Rain: A Novel
β Scribed by King, Lily
- Publisher
- Perseus Books Group
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 215 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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