by Lionel Shriver
Eva Khatchadourian was once a successful travel writer. Now, she considers it a success if she can remove the remnants of the vandalism that's left behind by irate haters. For you see, two years earlier her son Kevin orchestrated a massacre at his local high school, killing several students and a teacher who had considered Kevin a challenge.
A very well written book, We Need To Talk About Kevin is composed of letters that Eva has written to her husband, Franklin. Letters that allow her to express herself completely in regards to the mother-son relationship that she shared with Kevin. Her inability to bond with with her troubled son, as an infant and throughout his teen years, and the subtle and sinister behavior that he displayed with sociopathic zest.
Brutally tragic, this novel will remain in your mind long after you've finished reading it.
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