The Riders

The Riders

An exploration of marriage and the rich relationship that can exist between father and daughter, <i>The Riders</i> is a gorgeously wrought novel from the award-winning author Tim Winton.<br><br>After traveling through Europe for two years, Scully and his wife Jennifer wind up in Ireland, and on a mystical whim of Jennifer's, buy an old farmhouse which stands in the shadow of a castle. While Scully spends weeks alone renovating the old house, Jennifer returns to Australia to liquidate their assets. When Scully arrives at Shannon Airport to pick up Jennifer and their seven-year-old daughter, Billie, it is Billie who emerges€"alone. There is no note, no explanation, not so much as a word from Jennifer, and the shock has left Billie speechless. In that instant, Scully's life falls to pieces.<br> <br><i>The Riders</i> is a superbly written and a darkly haunting story of a lovesick man in a vain search for a vanished woman. It is a powerfully accurate account of marriage today, of the demons that trouble relationships, of resurrection found in the will to keep going, in the refusal to hold on, to stand still. <i>The Riders</i> is also a moving story about the relationship between a loving man and his tough, bright daughter.