"A break-out novel from one of America's most strikingly powerful and accessible talents. FATHER OF THE RAIN tells the spellbinding story of a daughter struggling to assemble the shards of a broken childhood and build herself a future. Dale Amory's mother is building a new life; her father seeking solace in the drinks cabinet. At 18-years-old she finally escapes his manipulative hold. One day, a message reaches Amory that her father is alone and dying. Will she return to the messy scene of her childhood, or embrace the future she has worked so hard to build?"