Daughters

Description: Spanning from Texas in 1977 to California in 2012, The Daughters is a kaleidoscopic novel about a fractured family and the unseen forces that reconnect it. Washed-up writer Peter Zemeckis becomes entangled in the life of Dr. Nancy Chu, a recently fired Silicon Valley scientist forced to reckon with a past she'd prefer to keep buried. The Daughters offers an intimate look inside fragile yet enduring relationships: parent and child, past and present, particle and wave.

Brief description: Ben Rogers is the author of the novels The Flamer and The Heavy Side, and the short story collection The Mayfly. He is also the lead author of two books on nanotechnology. He lives in Reno, Nevada, with his wife and daughters.

Review Quotes:

"By carefully weaving emotion into ritual, Ben Rogers shows exceptional command of his skill in The Daughters: A Novel. Its complex, layered, and messy characters feel immediately intimate and real."

--IndieReader

"Rogers crafts a richly textured vision of everyday life as he explores the ways the bonds of family stretch and collapse over generations. . . . An authentic and poignant depiction of the complex, contradictory relationships among family members."
--Kirkus Reviews

"What a find Ben Rogers is. I couldn't put The Daughters down. It's all heart and soul. Rogers is a sharp writer who has built a beautiful novel that doesn't pull any punches. Growing up is hard on everyone: mothers, fathers, and daughters--and for both good and bad, daughters carry with them what they learn. I can't recommend this one enough."
--Willy Vlautin, author of The Horse, recipient of the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize

​"With profound empathy for the complexities of the human psyche and a sensory-drenched evocation of place, Rogers harnesses the combined power of science and story to illuminate our seemingly infinite capacity to hurt--and to heal--the ones we love."
--Alicia Barber, PhD, writer and historian, author of Reno's Big Gamble: Image and Reputation in the Biggest Little City

"A mother who chooses a business suit over apron strings. A daughter who levies her revenge on her steadfast father and his new love, a woman who only tries to fill the girl's cracks with gold. The Daughters drifts through radio frequencies, ocean waves, and a metal detector to excavate forgiveness in this vibrating novel."
--Laura Newman, 2024 Silver Pen Award recipient, author of The Darling of the Black Rock Desert: Three Novellas Set in the West