We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver

This book was recommended to me a while ago. After reading "Defending Jacob" a second person recommended "We need to talk about Kevin". The premise of this book is about a child who has committed a crime against their school mates told from the Mother's point of view. With the increasing school shootings, I felt this was a very topical read and was interested to read a novel from the mother of the killers perspective. From the first page, this book grabs the reader and doesn't let go. I highly recommed this book but caution any parent as I believe it could be a difficult read for a parent.

Summary
Eva never really wanted to be a mother—and certainly not the mother of a boy who ends up murdering 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, Franklin. 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.