One of the most insightful novels about families to appear in recent years a family daughter revisits the santerre clan from maile meloys highly acclaimed debut novel liars and saints it opens in 1979 when seven year old abby the youngest member of the close knit family is trapped indoors with chicken pox during a heat wave. A family daughter is the story of four generations of santerres discuss the evolving parent child relationships within each generation discuss the themes of resurrection and resilience in the novel consider incidents such as abby and jamies relationship saffrons baby margots affair and the family reunion at the end of the novel. A family daughter a novel meloy maile 9780743277662 amazoncom books buy new 790 list price 2400 save 1610 67 790 399 shipping only 1 left in stock order soon available as a kindle ebook kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. A rich full novel about passion and desire fear and betrayal a family daughter illuminates both the joys and complications of contemporary life and the relationship between truth and fiction for everyone who has yet to meet the santerres an unmatched pleasure awaits. Get this from a library a family daughter a novel maile meloy a young woman from the santerre clan accompanies her family to argentina where their lives become entwined with an uninhibited rich girl an aging french playboy a young eastern european