Who is Cliff from the novel, How High We Go in the Dark?

Cliff is married to Miki. He has one adopted daughter, Clara, and a granddaughter, Yumi. He teaches graduate students at a university and often works on archeological and excavation projects. Throughout his granddaughter's life, Cliff urges his daughter to stay home and be with Yumi. He and Miki have raised her since she was five and Clara began working overseas. Clara is disinterested in Cliff's life and does not give up her work.