We Need to Talk about Kevin |
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| Author:
| Shriver, Lionel |
| Narrated by:
| Rosenblat, Barbara |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4074-0236-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Recorded Books, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Memory Stick Memory Card |
| List Price: | USD $1.00 |
Book Description:
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Winner of the ORANGE PRIZE for Fiction 2005. Two years ago, Eva Khatchadourian's son, Kevin, murdered seven of his fellow high-school students, a cafeteria worker, and a popular algebra teacher. Because he was only fifteen at the time of the killings, he received a lenient sentence and is now in a prison for young offenders in upstate New York. Telling the story of Kevin's upbringing, Eva addresses herself to her estranged husband through a series of letters. Fearing that her own...
More DescriptionWinner of the ORANGE PRIZE for Fiction 2005. Two years ago, Eva Khatchadourian's son, Kevin, murdered seven of his fellow high-school students, a cafeteria worker, and a popular algebra teacher. Because he was only fifteen at the time of the killings, he received a lenient sentence and is now in a prison for young offenders in upstate New York. Telling the story of Kevin's upbringing, Eva addresses herself to her estranged husband through a series of letters. Fearing that her own shortcomings may have shaped what her son has become, she confesses to a deep, long-standing ambivalence about both motherhood in general and Kevin in particular. How much is her fault?