Amity Gaige
Author of Schroder
About the Author
Amity Gaige teaches at the University of Rhode Island.
Image credit: Photo by Anita Licis-Ribak, from author's website
Works by Amity Gaige
Schroder [short story] 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Gaige, Amity
- Birthdate
- 1972
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Places of residence
- Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Connecticut, USA - Education
- Brown University (BA)
Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA) - Awards and honors
- National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" (2006)
- Agent
- Kimberly Witherspoon (InkWell Management)
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Statistics
- Works
- 14
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 920
- Popularity
- #27,887
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 65
- ISBNs
- 64
- Languages
- 11
SCHRODER is more than a story of a divorced man who kidnaps his six-year-old daughter for a week. It is Eric Kennedy's (a.k.a. Erik Schroder's) explanation to his wife not only of what happened during that week and why; this letter to Laura also tells her some of his history that he has been hiding from her all along.
Although the name–change explanation sounds implausible, especially since Eric/Erik got away with it for so many years and never adequately explains how he did that, just go along with it. You'll not only love his story; you'll love the way he tells it.… (more)