This is a hardcover with dust jacket 2010 first edition first printing. Father of the Rain by Lily King is a compelling novel about Daley Amory's turbulent, decades-long relationship with her charismatic, alcoholic father, Gardiner, set against the backdrop of 1970s New England aristocracy and Nixon's America, exploring themes of addiction, loyalty, family dysfunction, and the difficult journey of a daughter trying to save her self-destructive parent while building her own life. It follows Daley from childhood, navigating her parents' divorce and her father's escalating chaos, to adulthood where she must choose between her own future and the pull to rescue him when he hits rock bottom.