The Night Bell (2nd ed.)

“This is a beautiful, painstaking account of a daughter’s fraught relationship with her father. It is full of meticulous observation and sharp knowledge of the power of cruelty and the power of love. The tone is astringent and graceful, cool and detached, but the undertone is one of deep and abiding pain. The clarity of the writing alone offers a sort of healing.” – Colm Tóibín Hailed as a genius early in his career as a biologist, Irene’s father, now at retirement, is a man who has lost his way