My Father, Dancing

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.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/05/2000
ISBN: 9780156013963
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.32w x 0.51d

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 10/13/2000 pg. 73
New York Times 10/15/2000 pg. 36
New York Times 12/03/2000 pg. 109