Introduction
The book which follows is not for the timid. In it, the details of a modern love affair have been made explicit.
The story itself is one of adult intrigue and ecstasy. A young girl, frightened of what her father intends to do about her passion for a younger man, finds herself confronted with the reality of sex. She doesn't know who to turn to, how to escape, and must make some rather important decisions, decisions that will, in the long run, affect her life.
Cindy Porter's story is in many ways the story of lots of young girls in our modern society. In a supposedly liberated century like ours, young people seek exciting relationships without so much as even thinking about it. The consequences of such rapid involvements loom heavy in the minds of the parents of such young people, and, consequently, a conflict ensues—the age old conflict of child against parent, the split between father and daughter.
This novel, is such a story. It is the lustful adventure of a teenager girl who seeks self-knowledge in the modern world. She longs for a system of values and an identity which can make possible real decisions, and instead she meets up with the chaos of real life! In the streets there are no standards, no absolute values! In the bedroom of a stranger, there are no final commandments, no real restrictions! It is into this world that Cindy Porter enters in search of her education.
It seems only proper that an irate father should follow his daughter "through the looking glass" and into the world of missing mores. So it is in this book, Mr. Burt Porter looks for his daughter and finds her—in perhaps the least appealing situation in which a father can discover his daughter—and in a furious realization of what has been going on in Cindy's life, he attempts to put things right.
It is the conflict between father and daughter which acts like a coiled spring to bring this novel to its climactic end. A strange consummation of father, daughter, and lover brings the story to its denouement. With no further delay, then, we invite you to enjoy as we did Father And Daughter by Toni Scott.
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