Daddy's Girls (novel)

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Daddy's Girls
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First edition
Author Tasmina Perry
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
Publisher HarperCollins [1]
Publication date
2006
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages612 pp
ISBN 978-0-00-722890-4
OCLC 76797889

Daddy's Girls is the 2006 debut novel by Tasmina Perry. [2] The Independent described the novel as a "Shirley Conranesque retro romp". [1] The novel follows four glamorous daughters whose father is murdered.

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  1. 1 2 "The Literator". The Independent . Independent & Media PLC. 10 November 2006.
  2. Low, Shari (1 September 2007). "Staying in: Book Group". Scottish Daily Record.