A poignant exploration of what happens when adult daughters lose their fathers. There is a special bond between a father and a daughter, and when that bond is broken by death, the woman's life can change in profound and unexpected ways. In the tradition of Hope Edelman's bestselling Motherless Daughters, Clea Simon, critically acclaimed author of Mad House, delves into her own experience and those of other women to paint a multifaceted portrait of the father-daughter relationship and its lifelong ramifications.