The Daughters

Renowned--albeit washed-up--author Peter Zemeckis ("Z") is relishing the sunset of a life spent single when Dr. Nancy Chu crash-lands in the bungalow next door. As Nancy's family drags him into deeper water, Z must rethink the ending to his own story.

Spanning from Amarillo, Texas, in 1977 to La Jolla, California, in 2012, The Daughters is a kaleidoscopic meditation on family, memory, and the invisible forces that bind us. Z's narrative interweaves small-town rodeos with amateur radios, teen angst with parental love. Shard by shard, he pieces together the story of a fractured family struggling to reassemble itself.

Like particles, Z's characters (and neighbors) are both small and singular, but their stories ripple like waves--colliding, refracting, and reshaping one another across generations. Elegant, intricate, and deeply moving, The Daughters reverberates long after its final page is turned.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: 11/04/2025
ISBN: 9781647792015
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d