
A Mother's Reckoning
Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
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Narrated by:
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Andrew Solomon
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Sue Klebold
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By:
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Sue Klebold
On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill 12 students and a teacher and wound 24 others before taking their own lives.
For the last 16 years, Sue Klebold, Dylan's mother, has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day. How could her child, the promising young man she had loved and raised, be responsible for such horror? And how, as his mother, had she not known something was wrong? Were there subtle signs she had missed? What, if anything, could she have done differently?
These are questions that Klebold has grappled with every day since the Columbine tragedy. In A Mother's Reckoning, she chronicles with unflinching honesty her journey as a mother trying to come to terms with the incomprehensible. In the hope that the insights and understanding she has gained may help other families recognize when a child is in distress, she tells her story in full, drawing upon her personal journals, the videos and writings that Dylan left behind, and countless interviews with mental health experts.
Filled with hard-won wisdom and compassion, A Mother's Reckoning is a powerful and haunting book that sheds light on one of the most pressing issues of our time. And with fresh wounds from the recent Newtown and Charleston shootings, never has the need for understanding been more urgent.
Includes a PDF of acknowledgments and resources from the book.
All author profits from the book will be donated to research and to charitable organizations focusing on mental health issues.
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Courageous. Real. Laced with love.
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A great read for all parents.
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A must read!
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I read the book via Audible and that had a unique almost confessional effect. I would recommend Audible over text or both because her voice is sorrowful and raw without being sentimental or overly emotional. She is as solid a reader as she is a writer.
Tragic story, heartbreaking voice.
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Mixed feelings
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I can't imagine and I refuse to judge.
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If you could sum up A Mother's Reckoning in three words, what would they be?
the cyclone of emotions that a mother faced after her son's more than tragic death by suicide and participation in a mass shooting; a very lucid lesson on self-assessment, forgiveness, motherhood/parenthood.excellent, touching, truly a lesson on empathy
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Compelling and thought provoking ...
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A gripping story. I think this book could help many.
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Eye opening
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