{"product_id":"we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-a-novel-1","title":"We Need to Talk About Kevin: A Novel","description":"\"Impossible to put down. . . . Who, in the end, needs to talk about Kevin? Maybe we all do.” — Boston Globe\nAcclaimed author Lionel Shriver's gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry\nShriver’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.\nEva 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.\nLike Shriver’s charged and incisive later novels, including So Much for That and The Post-Birthday World, We Need to Talk About Kevin is a piercing, unforgettable, and penetrating exploration of violence, family ties, and responsibility.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 006112429X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.006112429X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Shriver, Lionel\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41423740436538,"sku":"DBV.006112429X.G","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/006112429X-0_50055eed-b5bf-47e8-b7d2-07036e1ec1c9.jpg?v=1779213054","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-a-novel-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}