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May 1, 2011 · 4.3 11,218 ratings. See all formats and editions. The inspiration for the film starring Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly, this 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 remains terrifyingly prescient.
Lionel Shriver’s novel We Need to Talk About Kevin features a ripped-from-the-headlines plot about a school shooter, but it is much more a story about the dark side of motherhood.
Nov 8, 2000 · Intro. We Need to Talk About Kevin Summary. Next. Chapter 1: November 8, 2000. Through a series of letters to her estranged husband, Franklin, Eva Khatchadourian recounts the events of her and Franklin’s family life leading up to their son Kevin ’s recent mass murder.
Mar 4, 2022 · English. 468 pages ; 20 cm. Two years ago Eva Khatchadourian's son, Kevin, murdered seven of his fellow high-school students, a cafeteria worker and a popular teacher. Now, in a series of letters to her absent husband, Eva recounts the story of how Kevin came to be Kevin.
We Need to Talk about Kevin. Lionel Shriver. Serpent's Tail, 2010 - Fiction - 477 pages. This is the Orange prize winning, million copy bestseller: now a Serpent's Tail classic.
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Jan 28, 2016 · Synopsis. Authors. The absorbing, stunningly accomplished novel that provoked and astounded in equal measure, Shriver’s devastating narrative of a mother trying to come to terms with her son’s murderous rampage is one of the most singular achievements of twenty-first century fiction. Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2010.
