Sins of My Father: A Daughter, a Cult, a Wild Unravelling Paperback – 10 October 2023

Lily Dunn . Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd . English

'An extraordinary story' CLOVER STROUD 'Astonishing and valuable' THE SPECTATOR 'Beautifully written' DAILY MAIL 'Intensely gripping . . . as brutal and funny as it is raw and candid' VIV GROSKOP 'As vivid an account of addiction as I can remember reading' GUARDIAN 'Will resonate with anyone who has loved a difficult parent and spent a lifetime trying to work them out' ALI MILLAR When Lily Dunn was six years old, her father left for India to join the cult of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. She grew up enthralled by the myth of him - a brilliant, charismatic writer and entrepreneur who would appear with gifts from faraway places. Yet he was also a compulsive liar whose pursuit of transcendence took him from sex addiction, via the Rajneesh cult, to a relentless chase of money, which ended in ruin and finally addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs. A daughter's investigation into a father who was always out of reach, Sins of My Father is a gripping detective story that asks how much we can forgive of those we love.

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About the Author

Lily Dunn's debut nonfiction, SINS OF MY FATHER: A DAUGHTER, A CULT, A WILD UNRAVELLING is a memoir about her enduring love for a delinquent father. It will be published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in March 2022. Her first novel, Shadowing the Sun, was published by Portobello Books. You can find her personal essays in Granta, Hinterland, MIR Online, The Real Story and Litro, and she is a regular writer for Aeon. She is co-editor of A Wild and Precious Life: a collection of stories and poetry from writers in recovery, published by Unbound (May 2021). She teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University and co-runs London Lit Lab.

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