Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2005.
Narrated by a mother, Eve, in letters to her estranged husband, this is a truly horrific story of a 15-year old boy’s killing spree but more than that it's the tale of how he got there rather than of the crime itself. It harks back to Eve’s relationship with her husband and the upbringing of the child. The big question is how much she is, or not, to blame for the tragedy that unfolds. Stark and unbelievably painful, it touches on truths not often spoken of. A great book.
Ranked #14 in the New York Times Top 50 Thrillers of the 21st centurySunday Times bestselling author Lionel Shriver's gripping, startling and urgent international bestseller about motherhood gone awry, winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction
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Ranked #14 in the New York Times Top 50 Thrillers of the 21st centurySunday Times bestselling author Lionel Shriver's gripping, startling and urgent international bestseller about motherhood gone awry, winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction'Stunningly powerful'DAILY MAIL'Startling' GUARDIAN'Urgent' SUNDAY TIMESTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND WOMEN'S PRIZE WINNER'Few novels are considered classics. This, though, is one of them' Kate MosseEva never really wanted to be a mother-certainly not the mother of the boy who murdered seven of his classmates, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher, two days before his sixteenth birthday.Now, two years later, Eva must come to terms with the trauma of Kevin's violent actions, in a series of painfully honest letters to her estranged husband, Franklin.Above all, she must confront her fear that she raised a monster.
We Need to Talk About Kevin features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Crime and Mystery, Family Drama, Book Club Recommendations, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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We Need to Talk About Kevin was written by Lionel Shriver and published by The Borough Press an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
We Need to Talk About Kevin has 475 pages
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