A Mother's Reckoning
Living in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy
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Publisher Description
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 twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives.
For the last sixteen 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 on 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.
All author profits from the book will be donated to research and to charitable organizations focusing on mental health issues.
Customer Reviews
An emotional account of a mothers experience with murder/suicide
Sue is such a strong and honourable woman for giving her account of the tragedy of Columbine. It would be so easy to hide away from the world in shame and self pity. She’s a true martyr for all her charity work,for suicide prevention. This book is a real eye opener.
It’s a must read for anybody and everybody.
Beautiful
Heartbreaking, I felt guilty to begin with about reading this it’s almost as if I am trespassing somewhere I should not be, we are encouraged to see the two shooters as vicious humans , we are discouraged against feeling any sympathy or attempts to try to understand how they went so bad ,I found a very interesting thing when sue explained Dylan had been suspended for the locker incident and they charged it as if he’d brought s firearm to school ! I wonder if this was the seed that grew into this nightmare ? It seems plausible to me that he could in his depressed clouded way of thinking, ok if that’s what you want ,, I really do believe this book does show some insight into how he got from normal boy to depressed gun maniac ! Sue you were and are a wonderful mother I wish I’d had you as parents
Be at peace
Alex