We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver

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The compelling and resonant story of a mother’s unsettling quest to understand her teenage son’s deadly violence, her own ambivalence toward motherhood, and the explosive link between them.

In a work that is both chilling and gripping, Lionel Shriver approaches the tragedy of a high-school shooting from the point of view of the shooter’s mother. In letters written to the boy’s father, Eva dissects the lifetime of this more than difficult child and reveals herself to have been the unwilling mother of an unlovable son. As the boy’s lifetime unfolds through the pages, we draw closer to an expected climax that holds breathtaking surprises and its own kind of redemption. In Eva, Shriver has created a narrator who is tough, sad, funny, and reflective. We Need to Talk About Kevin treads new ground in addressing the thorny issues of unwanted motherhood and teenage violence. It is as original as it is timely.