This March our Faber Book of the Month is Schroder by Amity Gaige. Running until June, Faber Fiction Book of the Month will be shining a light on a compelling new titles from both new and established authors, and giving reading groups the opportunity to enjoy them without having to wait for the paperback. In this exclusive offer to Reading Groups For Everyone, if you order four or more copies of the same title you will receive a 50% discount. Copies can be purchased from Faber & Faber.
About Schroder
From a correctional facility where he awaits news of his trial, Erik Schroder writes to his estranged wife about the seven day road trip he took with their daughter, Meadow. But the police and the press are calling it a kidnap and are asking why this man has lived under a different name since childhood. Schroder’s record of events is his only hope of freedom – and of seeing his daughter again.
This is a story about the power of parental love – and the agony of separation. Alternatively lovesick and ecstatic, Amity Gaige’s dazzling novel offers a profound meditation on the many identities we take on in our lives – those we are born with and those we construct for ourselves.
About Amity Gaige
Amity Gaige is the author of O My Darling and The Folded World. Her essays, articles and stories have appeared in various publications including the Yale Review, The Literary Review, Los Angeles Times and O Magazine. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, a McDowell Colony Fellowship, and a Baltic Writing Residency Fellowship, and is currently the Visiting Writer at Amherst College. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her family.
Extras
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Watch Amity Gaige speak about the inspiration for Schroder.
Downloadable reading guide to come shortly.
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