Schroder

Schroder (2013) by Amity Gaige. Yet another novel, written by a woman, about a man who takes his young child and goes off an a wild, irresponsible road trip. In this case the man is Eric Schroder, a first-generation East German immigrant to the United States, who has taken the last name Kennedy and falsified his past in an effort to reinvent himself. I won't go into the details, but suffice it to say that he makes a series of really bad choices and eventually loses the trust of his daughter, Meadow. In fact, he is writing the book from prison, where he has ended up after "kidnapping" his daughter during a court-ordered visitation. There's not much to like in this book, but it is readable, and I didn't cast it aside in disgust. I don't recommend it. Grade: B-