Father Melancholy's Daughter
- ISBN-10
- 1560542209
- ISBN-13
- 9781560542209
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 690
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Author
- Gail Godwin
Description
Her mother walked out when she was six, and now Margaret must reconcile her needs as a woman with the demands of her religious father, in an exploration of filial love
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