Daddy Stories
Daddy Stories by Emma Cline is an unabridged collection published by National Geographic Books in September 2020, comprising 267 pages. This book presents ten stories that delve into the darker aspects of human experience, exploring themes of family dynamics, personal choices, and the complexities of relationships. Cline’s narratives feature characters in unsettling situations, such as an absentee father confronting a violent act and a nanny navigating the fallout from a scandal.
Readers will find a vivid portrayal of moments where the ordinary is disrupted, revealing the underlying tensions in daily life. The stories examine the interplay of power and vulnerability, highlighting the characters’ struggles for connection amidst self-sabotage. Through these narratives, Cline invites reflection on the costs associated with choices and actions, offering a sharp-eyed exploration of the contradictions that shape our inner lives.
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From the bestselling author of The Girls comes a “brilliant” (The New York Times) story collection exploring the dark corners of human experience.
“Daddy’s ten masterful, provocative stories confirm that Cline is a staggering talent.”—Esquire
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
An absentee father collects his son from boarding school after a shocking act of violence. A nanny to a celebrity family hides out in Laurel Canyon in the aftermath of a tabloid scandal. A young woman sells her underwear to strangers. A notorious guest arrives at a placid, not-quite rehab in the Southwest.
In ten remarkable stories, Emma Cline portrays moments when the ordinary is disturbed, when daily life buckles, revealing the perversity and violence pulsing under the surface. She explores characters navigating the edge, the limits of themselves and those around them: power dynamics in families, in relationships, the distance between their true and false selves. They want connection, but what they provoke is often closer to self-sabotage. What are the costs of one’s choices? Of the moments when we act, or fail to act? These complexities are at the heart of Daddy, Emma Cline’s sharp-eyed illumination of the contrary impulses that animate our inner lives.
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