Sins of My Father: a Guardian Book the Year 2022 Daughter, Cult, Wild Unravelling

A dazzling literary debut memoir about the author's pursuit to unravel the mysteries of her delinquent father and investigate how deep the legacy of damage can run '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 MILLARWhen 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.