This Month's Book Club Pick
This month's spotlight pick for Book Clubs is We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. It's every parent's worst nightmare to hear that there has been a shooting at their child's school. But what would you do if it was your son that committed the atrocity? Shriver's horror story is told through letters that Eva writes to her estranged husband, Franklin. It's years after their son, Kevin, murdered seven of his classmates and a teacher, and Eva painstakingly analyzes their life up to that point to try and see what went wrong: was she a bad mother? Was Kevin just an evil person? What could they have done differently? We Need to Talk About Kevin is a suspenseful read, even when you know the ending and Shriver's story will stick with you long after you put it down. The major motion picture based on this book, starring Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly, will be released in winter 2011.
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