Falling Angels — Barbara Gowdy

The three daughters of the Field family, aged 17 to 19, are bound together by the love and protection of their fragile alcoholic mother and fear of their abusive father. In a family on the brink of madness, they learn to survive in a dangerously psychotic environment.

First published in 1990, Falling Angels is a gripping portrait of a family in trouble, by the author of the highly acclaimed Mister Sandman.