Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
272 pages ; 22 cm |
Summary |
"Attending summer camp as a boy, Erik Schroder -- a first generation East German immigrant -- adopts the name of Eric Kennedy, a fateful white lie that will set him on an improbable and ultimately tragic course" -- Jacket flap. |
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A lyrical and deeply affecting novel recounting the seven days a father spends on the road with his daughter after kidnapping her during a parental visit. Eric Schroder brings his daughter, Meadow, to Lake Champlain, Vermont, in an attempt to outrun the authorities amid a heated custody battle with his wife-- who will soon discover that her husband is not who he says he is. A deftly imagined novel on the many identities we take on in our lives-- those we are born with and those we construct for ourselves. |
Subject |
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
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Vermont -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Road fiction.
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ISBN |
9781455512133 |
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1455512133 |
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