The gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry "Eva 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...
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Universität Konstanz, Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM)
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The gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry "Eva 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, Franklyn. 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."-- Cover, p. [4]
In a work that is both chilling and gripping, Lionel Shriver approaches the tragedy of a high school shooting from the point of view of the shooter's mother. In letters written to the boy's father, Eva dissects the lifetime of this...
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Technische Universität Chemnitz, Universitätsbibliothek
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bestellt 09/2021
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In a work that is both chilling and gripping, Lionel Shriver approaches the tragedy of a high school shooting from the point of view of the shooter's mother. In letters written to the boy's father, Eva dissects the lifetime of this more-than-difficlut child and reveals herself to have been the unwilling mother of an unlovable son. As the boy's lifetime unfolds through the pages, we draw closer to an expected climax that holds breathtaking surprises and its own kind of redemption. In Eva, Shriver has created a narrator who is tough, sad, funny, and reflective. We Need to Talk About Kevin treads new ground in addressing the thorny issues of unwanted motherhood and teenage violence. It is as original as it is timely
