We need to talk about Kevin

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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."-- Cover, p. [4]

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4.1/5 · 222455 readers · 437 pages · ≈ 8 h 06 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read We need to talk about Kevin?

About ≈ 8 h 06 m — 437 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mWe need to talk about Kevin~8 h 06 m

How many pages is We need to talk about Kevin?

437 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320We need to talk about Kevin437

What genre is We need to talk about Kevin?

It sits on the Drama, Thriller, Fiction shelves.

Is We need to talk about Kevin in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Where does We need to talk about Kevin take place?

It is set in New York (State), United States, USA.

Who wrote We need to talk about Kevin?

Lionel Shriver (1819–0).

Setting New York (State)United StatesUSA
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