Don’t miss our final spring book discussions.
Elise Barack will lead a discussion of Schroder by Amity Gaige on Thursday, May 8, 7:14 pm.
Schroder is a novel loosely based on the Christian Gerhartsreiter/Clark Rockefeller child custody kidnapping case. The narrator, Erik Schroder, has lived his life based on lies. Born in East Berlin and he immigrates to Boston as a child. But then as a teenager he recreates himself as Eric Kennedy, distancing himself from his past in order to gain entry to the American aristocracy. His deception lasts for years; through college, marriage and fatherhood. But as his marriage dissolves, he can no longer keep up the ruse. He loses custody of his daughter, he kidnaps her and takes an unsanctioned road trip through New England. Schroder is written as a thoughtful, reflective apology to his ex-wife as he sits in prison awaiting his trial. For critical reviews of Schroder see the articles below:
Transatlantic by Colum McCann is the featured title for Judy Levin's daytime book discussion May 15 at Noon.
McCann looks at the intertwined lives of four women in his sixth novel, Transatlantic. Lily Dugan, a Dublin servant inspired by a visit from the abolitionist Frederick Douglas, emigrates to New York City in 1846. Her journey begins a family saga that runs up until the present day. Ties, forged over the course of a century and a half, are stretched and reinforced by trips back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean. McCann examines how history emerges and converges, time and again, to affect our current lives.
For reviews of Transatlantic see these articles:
Adult Book Discussions meet in the Children's Library Programming Room downstairs. Thanks to Friends of Lake Forest Library for their support.
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