A review by fbroom
The Great Man Theory by Teddy Wayne

5.0

Paul is a divorced father. He is liberal but grim about everything that is going on in the world. Trump, people getting addicted to devices etc. He still uses a flip phone and refuses to be like everyone else. He is a senior lecturer at some college in New York. His daughter is 11 and has been changing and wanting more independent time or time with friends. The mom is remarried and is a typical liberal rich Brooklyn mom. Paul has also friends who he considers of that rich liberal Brooklyn type as well. The college too doesn't renew his contract and instead only offers a minimal contract where he won't even get medical insurance. This is when things start going bad. He moves in with his mom in Riverdale and he goes from seeing Mabel every weekend initially to shorter periods of time over the course of the book. This book deals with Paul's journey into navigating all of this. I definitely didn't know what'll happen and was surprised by the ending.