book cover of Father Melancholy\'s Daughter
Added by 5 members
 

Father Melancholy's Daughter

(1991)
A novel by

 
 
The novels of Gail Godwin are contemporary classics--evocative, powerfully affecting, beautifully crafted fiction alive with endearing, unforgettable characters. Her critically acclaimed work has placed her among the ranks of Eudora Welty, Pat Conroy, and Carson McCullers, firmly establishing Godwin as a Southern literary novelist for the ages.

Father Melancholy's Daughter, is widely recognized as one of the author's most poignant and accomplished novels -- a bittersweet and ultimately transcendent story of a young girl's devotion to her father, the rector of a small Virginia church, and of the hope, dreams, and love that sustain them both in the wake of the betrayal and tragedy that diminished their family.


Genre: Literary Fiction

Visitors also looked at these books


Used availability for Gail Godwin's Father Melancholy's Daughter


About Fantastic Fiction       Information for Authors