The Kiss

Title: The Kiss

Author: Kathryn Harrison

Pages: 207

Genre: Memoir

Grade: B

Synopsis: Kathryn Harrison is 6 months old when her father leaves her mother. She only sees her father a couple of times before he comes to visit her and her mother when she is 20. As Kathryn drops her father off at the airport, he gives her a sensual kiss that is the start to an obsessive love affair between father and daughter.

My Review: This book is a shockingly honest memoir from Kathryn Harrison. The power that her father (who is a pastor) is able to gain over her is amazing and disturbing. Her life unravels as they both become obsessed with each other before she is finally able to sever the tie.