Please get a working ethernet connection, open a terminal and do:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential

Download this file to your desktop:

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/2013/11/13/backports-20131113.tar.bz2
Right-click it and select 'Extract Here.' Back to the terminal:
cd Desktop/backports-20131113/
make defconfig-ath9k
make
sudo make install

Reboot and let us know if it is working. You will have compiled the driver for your currently running
kernel only. When Update Manager installs a newer kernel version, also known as linux-image, after
you reboot, re-compile:
cd Desktop/backports-20131113/
make clean
make defconfig-ath9k
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe ath9k

Please retain the files and these instructions for that time.