Daddy, We Hardly Knew You

Germaine Greer. Ballantine Books, $19 (324pp) ISBN 978-0-449-90561-6

Greer learns the reasons behind her father's emotionally distant behavior and though her narrative ``suffers from purple-hued padding, self-dramatization and a glaring dearth of factual evidence about her father's adult life, it's worth sticking with for the surprising finale,'' observed PW. `` The deeply affecting climax is a remarkable feat of family reconstruction . '' Author tour. (Feb.)

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