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.

This is an extremely compelling read throughout. Told in a series of letters to her husband Eva reflects on her role as a mother and wife and if she is in some way responsible for the tragedy that lies at the heart of the novel. An excellent discussion book and raises many questions about parenting and the debate that is nature versus nurture and is it that some people are born evil!

Passing on to a fellow booklover and I will be encouraging her to visit BC and make a journal entry.