A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold
The mere mention of Columbine sparks horrific images of the, perhaps, most emblematic school shooting in American history. It was a story of two bullied young men who turned their torment into murderous rage--right? Sue Klebold is the mother of one of the Columbine shooters (Dylan Klebold). She tasked herself with writing this memoir, not to clear her name or her son's, but to share signs she and her husband missed regarding their son. Dylan was struggling, to be sure, but Klebold and her husband thought it was typical teen boy malaise, not deeply disturbing and prejudiced fury. Klebold, and the author of the foreword (Dr. Andrew Solomon) propose a more disturbing theory than negligent or even abusive parents shoving their children into violent tendencies. What if, they propose, many parents cannot tell that their children are about to cause catastrophe? What if, despite trying your best, your child will end lives and cause irreparable harm to many others? Klebold never preten...
