{"product_id":"we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-9780061124297","title":"We Need to Talk about Kevin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Impossible to put down. . . . Who, in the end, needs to talk about Kevin? Maybe we all do.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcclaimed author Lionel Shriver's gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShriver's 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 reverberates with the haunting power of high hopes shattered by dark realities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEva never really wanted to be a mother--and certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher who tried to befriend him, all two days before his sixteenth birthday. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood, and Kevin's horrific rampage in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her estranged husband, Franklin. Uneasy with the sacrifices and social demotion of motherhood from the start, Eva fears that her alarming dislike for her own son may be responsible for driving him so nihilistically off the rails.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Shriver's charged and incisive later novels, including \u003cem\u003eSo Much for That \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Post-Birthday World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWe Need to Talk About Kevin \u003c\/em\u003eis a piercing, unforgettable, and penetrating exploration of violence, family ties, and responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShriver, Lionel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLionel Shriver's\u003c\/strong\u003e fiction includes \u003cem\u003eThe Mandibles\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eProperty\u003c\/em\u003e; the National Book Award finalist \u003cem\u003eSo Much for Tha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003et\u003c\/em\u003e; the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Post-Birthday World\u003c\/em\u003e; and the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eWe Need to Talk About Kevin\u003c\/em\u003e, adapted for a 2010 film starring Tilda Swinton. Her journalism has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other publications. She's a regular columnist for the \u003cem\u003eSpectator \u003c\/em\u003ein Britain and \u003cem\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e in the US. She lives in London and Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613098348818,"sku":"9780061124297","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_173d1141-516e-4903-b0a9-b8900835bca5.jpg?v=1732387065","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-9780061124297","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}