num_pages: 400
description: In this gripping novel of motherhood gone awry, Lionel Shriver approaches the tragedy of a high-school massacre from the point of view of the killer's mother.In letters written to the boy's father, mother Eva probes the upbringing of this more-than-difficult child and reveals herself to have been the reluctant mother of an unsavory son. As the schisms in her family unfold, we draw closer to an unexpected climax that holds breathtaking surprises and its own hard-won redemption. In Eva, Shriver has created a narrator who is touching, sad, funny, and reflective. A spellbinding read, We Need to Talk About Kevin is as original as it is timely.
language: English
title: We Need to Talk About Kevin
titlecomplete: We Need to Talk About Kevin
characters: Celia Khatchadourian, Kevin Khatchadourian, Franklin Plaskett, Eva Khatchadourian
genres: Thriller, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Book Club, Contemporary, Crime, Drama, Psychology, Horror, Adult
ratings_count: 190630
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Harper Perennial