Bliss Broyard's fathers are charismatic, seductive, brilliant men who loom large in the world, and larger at home. Their daughters, hungry for attention and connection, veer wildly between naivet and cool indifference. In this powerful collection, Broyard's unsentimental prose captures the passages of daughters as they grow into young women: their struggles with identity, desire, and familial roles. From the early lessons girls absorb through their fathers-their first audience-to the equivocal attachments of marriage to the emotions of love and mourning, the characters in My Father, Dancing chronicle the never-ending dance between fathers and their daughters, and the many awakenings of girls and women.


Author: Bliss Broyard
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 10/05/2000
Series: Harvest Book
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.32w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780156013963


Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 10/13/2000 pg. 73
New York Times 10/15/2000 pg. 36
New York Times 12/03/2000 pg. 109