The Daughters: A Novel

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 a...