Juliet Nicolson

Abandoned for a bogus guru – Lily Dunn’s harrowing family memoir

Drink, drugs and free love in an ashram ruined the father Dunn worshipped – and nearly destroyed her own life too

Lily Dunn as a baby with her father. [© Lily Dunn] 
issue 12 March 2022
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  • Sins of My Father: A Daughter, a Cult, a Wild Unravelling

    Lily Dunn

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp. 256, £16

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