Journal Entry 1 by nyassa from Deal, Kent United Kingdom on Saturday, April 08, 2006

Synopsis
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? Lionel Shriver tells a compelling, absorbing, and resonant story while framing these horrifying tableaux of teenage carnage as metaphors for the larger tragedy - the tragedy of a country where everything works, nobody starves, and anything can be bought but a sense of purpose.

This really is a fantastic book. Highly recommended. 

Journal Entry 2 by nyassa at ReadItSwapIt.co.uk in Controlled release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Saturday, April 08, 2006

Released 6 yrs ago (4/8/2006 UTC) at ReadItSwapIt.co.uk in Controlled release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom

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Journal Entry 3 by eightlegs on Friday, June 16, 2006

I have received this book as a swap via RISI. I was pleased to notice the bookcrossing label as it had not been mentionned. I will post again when I have read it, which I am very much looking forward to - it comes highly recommended.