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Champion of the New England Book Award for Fiction and a New York Times Editors’ Option, Lily King’s outstanding next story obtained excellent critical praise upon its original distribution and is set to create a level bigger splash in paperback.Gardiner Amory is just a New England WASP who’s just starting to have the splits in his kingdom. Nixon has been impeached, his girlfriend is leaving him, and his worldview is quickly becoming obsolete. His child, Daley, has spent the very first eleven years of her life settling her parents’ inconsistent sides: the liberal, socially dedicated world of her mom and the traditional, decadent, alcohol-soaked life of her dad. Nevertheless when they divorce, and Gardiner’s basest urges are revealed, the chasm rapidly expands and Daley is stretched thinly across it.As she reaches maturity, Daley denies the thin planet that revitalized her father’s concerns and prejudices, and embarks on her personal life—until he hits very cheap.