The Daughters

By Ben Rogers

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1647792010
• ISBN13: 9781647792015
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher