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Original Title:	Father Melancholy's Daughter
ISBN:	0380729865 (ISBN13: 9780380729869)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Margaret Bonner #1
Literary Awards:	Alabama Author Award for Fiction (1993)

Father Melancholy's Daughter (Margaret Bonner #1)

Gail Godwin

Paperback | Pages: 416 pages

Rating: 3.96 | 1859 Users | 157 Reviews

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Title	:	Father Melancholy's Daughter (Margaret Bonner #1)
Author	:	Gail Godwin
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 416 pages
Published	:	March 26th 2002 by William Morrow Paperbacks (first published March 1st 1991)
Categories	:	Fiction. Contemporary. Literary Fiction. Novels. Literature

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The novels of Gail Godwin are contemporary classics--evocative, powerfully affecting, beautifully crafted fiction alive with endearing, unforgettable characters. Her critically acclaimed work has placed her among the ranks of Eudora Welty, Pat Conroy, and Carson McCullers, firmly establishing Godwin as a Southern literary novelist for the ages.

Father Melancholy's Daughter, is widely recognized as one of the author's most poignant and accomplished novels -- a bittersweet and ultimately transcendent story of a young girl's devotion to her father, the rector of a small Virginia church, and of the hope, dreams, and love that sustain them both in the wake of the betrayal and tragedy that diminished their family.

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One of the best books I've ever read. Still feels fresh after my first reading, shortly after is was published. Like Anne Tyler, Gail Godwin creates an entire universe of memorable characters. Margaret Gower is a six-year old soul when her mother disappears with an old friend who sends her radar straight up. Her father, Walter Gower is the rector in Romulus, VA, and wonders if his wife might have felt for reasons other than wanting to be with her friend. The story carries through sixteen years,

"Utterly taken by surprise, I felt his fingers firmly on my elbow as he led me away. That was the way it went, wasn't it? You had to stop wanting something, or at least forget you wanted it for a minute, before it would come to you on its own."Father Melancholy's Daughter is about an Episcopal priest's daughter growing up in Virginia in the 1970s. The tragedy of Margaret's life is that when she is a young girl, her mother leaves for a few days of vacation which gradually extends to a year away

This book was slow going at first and I had trouble believing how, even a precocious 6 year old, could have such clear memories for details of things and such a level of comprehension of the world around her. This is a character driven novel and it wasn't until about halfway through that the characters really seemed to come alive. In the end, I liked it well enough that I have begun reading the sequel, Evensong.

After several days of ponderation, I'm bumpin' this up to 5 stars. There were just so many things I loved about it, in spite of the two things that almost made me give up on it. I find myself already looking forward to re-reading it down the road, just to savor the best parts. I am not the slightest bit religious. I'm a unbeliever in the truest sense of the word. So I think it says a lot for this novel that I loved it even though it's full of religious references. There's no preachiness to it.

I had forgotten all about Gail Godwin until I saw this paperback on the dollar carts Tuesday night. What a little genius she is, so beautiful, so sweet.

A slow read, not because it is unengaging, but because it is so dense and beautifully written. Fantastic story of the daughter of an Episcopalian priest whose mother leaves the family and ultimately dies. I liked the usage of the church year to unspool this quiet story. There is a sequel, which I have, that I look forward to reading.

I enjoyed this book about a minister and his daughter living in Virginia. They have a close relationship although at times he seems to struggle with single parenthood especially due to the circumstances which led him here. We get to know some of the parishioners in his congregation and I found this endearing. His daughter comes of age and she has issues of her own. I found this book at the library bookstore for .25 and it is a favorite of mine. Unfortunately I loaned it to someone and it was