We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverWINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2010 ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WINNER OF THE 2005 ORANGE PRIZE Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of a boy named Kevin who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker and a teacher who had tried to befriend him. Now, two years after her son's horrific rampage, Eva comes to terms with her role as Kevin's mother in a series of startlingly direct correspondences

What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read

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the history of science

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he encountered the Celtic people and a flourishing spiritual tradition that had already existed for thousands of years

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wonderfully understated book that oozes humanity