A man travels to his son s school to deal with the fallout of a violent attack and to make sure his son will not lose his college place. But what exactly has his son done? And who is to blame?
A young woman trying to make it in LA, working in a clothes shop while taking acting classes, turns to a riskier way of making money but will be forced to confront the danger of the game she s playing.
And a family coming together for Christmas struggle to skate over the lingering darkness caused by the very ordinary brutality of a troubled husband and father.
Subtle, sophisticated and displaying an extraordinary understanding of human behaviour, these stories from the best-selling author of The Girls are unforgettable.
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PRAISE FOR DADDY:
It is her piercing understanding of modern humiliation that makes these stories vibrate with life...brilliant Brandon Taylor
Razor-sharp Evening Standard
Cline s talent at uncovering the seedy and somehow bringing it to beautiful light is brilliant Daisy Johnson
Something about Cline s intimate tone, her talent for conjuring the feeling of being alive, is entirely and uniquely her own Rachel Kushner
A stunning collection of stories that plunges deep into the dark corners of the human experience Dazed
About the Author
Emma Cline is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Girls and the story collection Daddy. The Girls was a finalist for the Center for Fiction s First Novel Prize, the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. It was a New York Times Editors Choice and was the winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. Cline s stories have been published in The New Yorker, Granta, The Paris Review and The Best American Short Stories. She received the Plimpton Prize from The Paris Review and an O Henry Award, and was chosen as one of Granta s Best Young American Novelists.
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