Even she understands how difficult it is for people to accept that sometimes parents don't know that their child is planning to do something terrible, and that if the child does do something terrible, that the terrible act is not always the result of poor parenting. To read it is to be unforgettably drawn into the devastation she endured: on the day of the attacks, Tom told her he was going to try to get into the school, and she tells him he could be killed. But we never think about the killer's loved ones. On 20th April, 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went to school with the intention to kill. Ever. And with fresh wounds from the Newtown and Charleston shootings, never has the need for understanding been more urgent. Later, when she heard that her son was involved, she found herself praying he would die. This self-conception, it would seem, kept her from looking deeply at what Dylan was actually doing. But having listened for the past few weeks to the audio version of Klebold’s book with rapt attention and a knotted stomach, I think it is probably more accurate to thank Klebold for openly sharing part of her journey in dealing with her son Dylan’s participation in the Columbine shootings. Phone orders min p&p of £1.99. 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. 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. If nothing else was accomplished (and there definitely is more), this book has changed my outlook. And this is why we have to think through our response to that story, noting her omissions, assumptions and blind spots – as well as her courageous insights into the unknowable nature of her son. Instead of becoming paralyzed by her grief and remorse, she has become a passionate and effective agent working tirelessly to advance mental health awareness and intervention. Sigh, where to start. Poor victims and their loved ones!" This book is about Sue Klebold, Dylan's (one of the shooters) mother, who has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day. Dylan Kleb. In the wake of epic tragedy, how does a parent come to terms with their child murdering other children and adults? Free UK p&p over £10, online orders only. Columbine High School shooting. The most haunting part of the book is Klebold’s failure to find answers, her hard-won understanding of the fact that the stories we tell about each other are too simple. A Mother’s Reckoning spends some time trying to come up with a solution to the rash of mass shootings, mulling the disastrous failure of our gun legislation. *heavy sigh* I'm exhausted. How does a mother or a father miss the signs of impending doom, the stockpiled weapons? It is actually the exact opposite of that, and at times, almost has nothing to do with her son, but more of raising awareness on suicide and mental health. She has written one of the most honest and gut-wrenching books I’ve read in a long time. April 20, 1999 – Columbine High School – Littleton, Colorado. And, as she says, she and her husband Tom were “good” parents. The stranger you fear may be your own son or daughter.”, “We teach our kids the importance of good dental care, proper nutrition, and financial responsibility. “To the rest of the world, Dylan was a monster,” she writes, “but I had lost my child.”. "To the rest of the world, Dylan was a monster, but he was my son. It’s hard to criticise a book that so earnestly and willingly embraces self-exposure. Sigh, where to start. It was obviously extremely important for her to write this book, and admirably she is giving all profits to mental health research. Klebold’s son became a murderer before he became a victim of suicide. What kind of parent are you? The narrative arc takes us from denial to anger to acceptance and some kind of comprehension. (She actually calls it brain health and brain illness throughout her book, for a very smart reason. It would be easy to admire Sue Klebold for her courage in writing a Mother’s Reckoning. The Christmas before the shooting he asked her to buy him a gun. A great deal of this memoir is written from the perspective of what actually happened in the Klebold family world from the time of awareness. A Mother’s Reckoning, book review. Sue Klebold is a very strong woman, I don't know how she got through all of this. Klebold is brave to try to tell her story. Yet we persist in believing (it would be hopeless not to) that, once they arrive, we will in some deep way know our children, even as we grasp that parts of them will remain a mystery to us. For the rest of us, her book provides a window into a special kind of hell – losing a child that the world views as a monster. She has found her place as a suicide prevention advocate. Writing 16 years after the. The Klebolds and Harrises were vilified, abused and sued. She dove into motherhood and did her best to mother with intent and purpose. It is definitely worth the read and changed my perspective on the parents of Dylan. (Having raised a son, I can attest that teenagers are often a difficult species to decode.). However, with the power of hindsight, Klebold could see what might have been warning signs of the smallest order. Worse if the child’s death is a suicide. On hearing there was a shooting at Columbine, she prayed her son was safe. This tension is at the heart of Sue Klebold’s gripping, troubling and bestselling memoir, A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy, which recounts one of the most horrible experiences a parent can endure: the death of a child, compounded by the shocking realisation that you failed to know him. (In fact, at times I felt ashamed of some of my own parenting lapses in comparison with hers.) Her book is titled, “A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy,” and in it she chronicles the day of April 20, 1999 and the weeks following based on her journals. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. In reality, it’s hard for me to figure out what lessons to draw from Klebold’s book. Sue Klebold has the insurmountable task of penning this piece and trying not to get lost in the accusations surrounding the pall left by her son. There’s no question that Klebold’s story is horrifying—a story of mass murder and its aftermath that blessed few of us will ever have to tell. Over the years, after a long time researching the Columbine case, I'd learned to view Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris as human beings. Susan Dominus’s review of “A Mother’s Reckoning” by Sue Klebold, the mother of one of the two boys who killed 12 classmates and a teacher, and then killed themselves, at … What kind of mother fails to see that her son is a killer? First, I want to deeply discredit reviews that state this book is nothing but a mother making excuses for her son. She did so many things right by writing this book. And she is condemned to a life in which some people will always try to reassure themselves that their child would never do what Dylan did by blaming his parents in their parenting and for failing to see what was coming – no matter what Klebold has to say. Book Review ‘A Mother’s Reckoning’ doesn’t dig deep enough. Worse yet, if the suicide is preceded by mass murder. See all 10 questions about A Mother's Reckoning…, 2016: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2016, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy (Feb 14 - Apr 30, 2020), A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy / Sue Klebold. They had nothing to do with murders but people judge them and make their life a living hell. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold My rating: 4 of 5 stars Bravo, Sue Klebold! I attend the church that planted 15 trees (including two for Dylan and Eric). (This is an important message, but it certainly needs to be tempered with the realization that the vast majority of teenagers are not at risk of doing what Dylan did, or even of suicide.) A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold. This is a very painful book to read. by Crown, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy. What was done can probably never be fully explained. A Mother’s Reckoning is a sincere gesture in sharing and I thought Sue Klebold shared some very important information, messages and insight to living in the aftermath of tragedy. Over and over again, these are questions that Klebold has heard and continues to hear. In structure, the book relives Sue’s search for answers, drawing on her journals, memories and the research she has done since Dylan’s death, interviewing experts in “law enforcement” as well as “psychiatry and neurobiology”. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy is a 2016 memoir by Sue Klebold, the mother of Dylan Klebold.Along with Eric Harris, Dylan was one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. He stockpiled assault weapons and murdered five of his peers during an extended rampage. A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of the Columbine Tragedy is a hard but important look at the life of Dylan Klebold, and the legacy he left for parents Sue and Tom, and brother Byron. I read this book because a friend of mine suggested it. Looks like I am in the minority on this one. I find these books very hard to review. She had to grieve the loss of her son in so many ways: the boy she knew and loved, as well as the boy she didn't know, who did the unthinkable. Not only they lost a loved one if this is a murder-suicide situation, they don't get any sympathy from people for their loss. The journey to becoming a so called monster was too complex, and to understand why they came to do inhuman things you first need to understand how they were as humans in the first place. She spends much of the book assuring her audience – and herself – that she was the best parent she could be. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold Published by Crown on February 15, 2016 Genres: Non-Fiction, Memoir, True Crime Goodreads | Buy on Book Depository. "While every other mother in Littleton was praying that their child was safe, I had to pray that mine would die before he hurt anyone else.". This book is heart wrenching and fascinating, but it very much feels like something Sue Klebold had to write for her own. Review: ‘A Mother’s Reckoning’ – Sue Klebold. A MOTHER’S RECKONING: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy, by Sue Klebold. On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. I live here in Littleton and knew people involved in the tragedy. I believe this was partially because of the book I was reading. In addition, there were death threats, copious hate mail, unending questions, unfathomable guilt, endless lawsuits and public scrutiny. Yet by her own account, Klebold seems to have viewed parenting mainly as an act of setting boundaries and providing a nice middle-class home, complete with after-school snacks, rather than really listening closely to her child. I can’t say that I wouldn’t do the same if I found myself in her shoes. It was nearly impossible not to, considering I spent my time reading their journals, private online conversations, websites, jokes, accounts from friends and loved ones and teachers who liked and praised them as well as watching homemade videos they made for fun. There is no way to tell and while media outlets seem to bask in finding a whipping boy, finger pointing serves no fruitful purpose. She also spends much of the book suggesting that all parents should be extremely vigilant about any signs of depression in their children and teenagers because Dylan had done a very good job of concealing his true state of mind right up to the date of the shootings. In the wake of epic tragedy, how does a parent come to terms with their child murdering other children and adults? Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Refresh and try again. [On this week’s Inside The New York Times Book Review podcast, Sue Klebold discusses “A Mother’s Reckoning.”]. Instead of becoming paral, Sue Klebold is the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the two shooters at Columbine High School in 1999 who killed 15 people before ending their own lives, a tragedy that saddened and galvanized the nation. To see what your friends thought of this book, I agree with those who have said it gives one a renewed sense of purpose. This is not to toss all the blame onto Harris, but Klebold posits throughout that her son's less aggressive nature surfaced in journal entries, recorded messages, and in footage of the actual school shooting. Sue Klebold’s son, Dylan, was one of the two boys that carried out a … That seems to be the premise of this book and makes it the ideal choice for the buddy with whom I chose to read this. And with fresh wounds from the Newtown and Charleston shootings, never has the need for understanding been more urgent. On July 22, 2016 By thehodgenator In adult, nonfiction, the hodgenator. This book was extremely difficult to read at times, and I can only imagine how hard it was for Klebold to write. It would be easy to admire Sue Klebold for her courage in writing a Mother’s Reckoning. February 15th 2016 I feel a lot of compassion for her. Out of the worst tragedies there surely sprouts some specks light and hope. I agree with those who have said it gives one a renewed sense of purpose. I was not a mother when Columbine happened. The book details the childhood and teenage years of her son, and what she says are signs she missed that Dylan was suffering from clinical depression. 4 stars. Both come down to a kind of moral luck and accident of biology. How could you not know that Dylan was. There’s no question that Klebold’s story is horrifying—a story of mass murder and its aftermath that blessed few of us will ever have to tell. I'm not sure how she survived. Mental refers to something intangible, and some experts believe that if we change the terminology from ment. Sue takes us from, denial to acceptance and then to some kind of comprehension of her life and the part of the tragedy committed by her son. This book is Klebold’s attempt to tell her story: the story of their family life, their parenting, and the complete and utter lack of signs leading up to. She lost him twice: his actions that day meant the son she thought she had known was a fiction. A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold had me glued to the pages from the start, except for when I had to leave it to get a box of Kleenex. Sue Klebold expresses the emotional turmoil from the moment she receives the frantic call from her husband to come home from work on that horrific day, and documents the difficult task of trying to unravel the mystery of a son they loved and thought they knew so well. The troubling, bestselling memoir is a search for understanding and a confessional, as well as an account of catastrophe and grief, Last modified on Thu 22 Feb 2018 15.15 GMT. Sue Klebold's narrative is extremely difficult to relate to and empathize with. Like Klebold, I wanted to hear the answers to these questions, and I eagerly awaited for her book to be published to see what she had to say and to see what we all could learn from it. But once she realises that Dylan was depressed, she begins to simplify her narrative, ascribing his participation that day to his “brain” illness and the insidious influence of Harris. She has spent the last 15 years excavating every detail of her family life, and trying to understand the crucial intersection between mental health problems and violence. This book deserves a more eloquent review than I can muster this late in the evening. I give Klebold much credit for writing this book and for putting herself out here where many will continue to ridicule her, hold her in contempt or just full out not believe what she has to say. I give my thoughts on the book by Sue Klebold (mother of Dylan Klebold) 'A Mothers Reckoning. A great deal of this memoir is written from the perspective of what ac. Pain and suffering seems to envelop people, but there are many more feelings and emotions that layer themselves within the larger narrative of grief. In this account, Klebold also takes full responsibility for missing the signs that Dylan was depressed and in trouble admitting he did in fact show outward signals of suicide that she dismissed not recognizing them for what they were at the time, but now understands after consulting with numerous mental health experts. (She actually calls it brain health and brain illness throughout her book, for a very smart reason. A mother's Reckoning: Living in the aftermath of tragedy by Sue Klebold Published: February 15th 2016 by Crown Genre: Nonfiction, memoir, biography, true crime Pages: 336 “To all who feel alone, hopeless, and desperate - even in the arms of those who love them.” Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed twelve students and… It took me three very long days to get through this book and I honestly wish that I did not read it. (At the time, Tom had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and her older son had been found smoking pot, and she felt overtaxed.). Eventually, the two perpetrators turned their guns against themselves and committed suicide. True crime has been enjoying something... On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. 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. “We’re the last people others would expect to find in this situation,” she thinks repeatedly on the day of the shooting. How many of us teach our children to monitor their own brain health, or know how to do it ourselves?”, http://amothersreckoning.com/books/a-mothers-reckoning-hc, Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2016). Just like most mothers, her desire when she started her family was to raise thoughtful, moral human beings. Over the years, after a long time researching the Columbine case, I'd learned to view Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris as human beings. A powerful book that does offer insight, angst, pain, and confusion in all forms, Klebold is to be applauded for coming out and speaking about these hard issues in a frank manner. But I am left with the uncomfortable feeling that she is looking for some form of public salvation – through the lengthy reflections on her good parenting and on the efforts she has made since Columbine to be a good person despite the circumstances. However 80% of this book is her telling me what a normal family they were and what I normal childhood he had (and I believe it) and the other 20% that he had a brain disease and was suicidal (and I believe that too). It's a horrible story and one that we sadly see repeated year after year; and it's hard not to feel defeated, like things will never change and there's nothing we can do about it. Ever since I started the research, I knew I couldn't view them as monsters because it was far too simpl. Her “sunshine boy” was a mass murderer. Her son, a passive and shy high school senior about to go off to college, was dead and he was also a mass murderer. ", Excellent follow-up story to COLUMBINE, but a very sad and terribly heartbreaking read. Sadder still when the child is young. The book begins on the day of the Columbine High School Massacre, and ends on the same day; except by the end Sue mentions all the things that she missed and would have done differently had she known about mental health issues. How ought we to think about moral culpability in an age of psychiatric diagnoses? Review A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy. What was done can’t be undone. More to come soon. Ever since I started the research, I knew I couldn't view them as monsters because it was far too simplistic. Beneath the surface of any teenager's emotional expressions can be found torrential angst and calls for help. March 11, 2016 Paige Reviews 0 ★★★★ A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold Published by Crown on February 15, 2016 Genres: Adult Nonfiction, Memoir Pages: 336 Format: eBook Source: Bought Goodreads This is devastating. $28. Dylan Klebold was one of the Columbine High School shooters, a murder spree whose infamy only grew in the months after events, once much of the evidence and backstory emerged. “So?” he says. And yet there are many places in the book where it’s hard to believe she couldn’t see past the face Dylan was presenting. Having interviewed and spoken with countless professionals over the years, she shares in the second half of the book the studies and professional opinions that support a greater emphasis on understanding, removing the stigma around, and treating brain health issues. It is so heartbreaking. Who reads the audio version? Klebold bears not only her soul in her writing of A Mother's Reckoning, but also her failures as a parent that often are only evident in hindsight. Welcome back. I have close friends that lived near the Klebold home. I'm giving it a 3.5 just in terms of the writing, readability and narrative flow but I am in no position to review the veracity of what happened here. !” asked one of the many letters Sue received. And with fresh wounds from the Newtown and Charleston shootings, never has the need for understanding been more urgent. “HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW?? I set this aside after finishing it and I almost wished I hadn't read it. It was nearly impossible not to, considering I spent my time reading their journals, private online conversations, websites, jokes, accounts from friends and loved ones and teachers who liked and praised them as well as watching homemade videos they made for fun. But amongst the more trivial things in this book—like Klebold's excellent writing for someone who doesn't do this professionally—I think what stands out most is Klebold's optimism and faith that we. What a monster! After all, there had to have been some extremely obvious signs for their sons to be able to do something like this. to come to terms with her son Dylan’s role in the infamous. A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold review – why my son killed at Columbine The troubling, bestselling memoir is a search for understanding and a confessional, as well as … It was heartbreaking. This book reads like a taut justification defending how good her family is, while very subtly hinting at how "others" live: I found Sue Klebold to be honest, empathic, and credible with the facts she gathered and presented them well, and willing to take responsibility for her son. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy is written by Sue Klebold, mother of Dylan Klebold. Review: A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSIONS REGARDING SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, VIOLENCE, MENTAL HEALTH I was a bit nervous going into this book and I’m not sure exactly what I expected, but I certainly didn’t expect a well-written book that made me feel more empathy for the family, especially the mother, of one of the Columbine shooters than I ever … “By telling my story as faithfully as possible,” Klebold writes, “even when it is unflattering to me, I hope to shine a light that will help other parents see past the faces their children present”. I'll never, ever again "assume" anything close to this kind of thinking or judge. However 80% of this book is her telling me what a normal family they were and what I normal childhood he had (and I believe it) and the other 20% that he had a brain disease and was suicidal (and I believe that too). Even she has asked herself the same question hundreds and hundreds of time. On the one hand, I sympathize with Klebold, but I have to say that I think publishing this book was a mistake. But then I picked up A Mother’s Reckoning. I am a suicide survivor. Follow. As the book progresses, Klebold takes the reader back in time to depict Dylan as a loving boy who was extremely helpful and loving. I had just read Columbine by Dave Cullen and learned a ton about the school shooting in 1999. Along with her personal devastation, she was grief-stricken for the victims, their families, and the community. Book Review: A Mother’s Reckoning. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives. This book is heart wrenching and fascinating, but it very much feels like something Sue Klebold had to write for her own benefit, as part of her own healing process. Later, they make a pact not to kill themselves, so hard is surviving. Klebold is honest and heartbreaking. They murdered thirteen people – twelve students and a teacher – and injured twenty-four. It was heartbreaking. Had Sue and Tom Klebold delved deeper into Dylan's life as soon as they can issues, would Columbine have been averted? And if the bombs they planted had gone off it would have been much worse. By Rachel Shteir Globe Correspondent, February 17, ... After finishing “A Mother’s Reckoning,’’ I longed to know why. ... Posted in Uncategorized Book review mothers sons. I do hope for Klebold that writing this book has helped her find some peace. How did you not know that he was planning to blow up Columbine High School? Perhaps the most unnerving thing about having a child is that you don’t know in advance who he or she or “they” will turn out to be. While it would be crass to choose any reading group that might 'like' this book, its insightful nature might prove useful to those who remember the Columbine shooting as they wrestle to better understand the chaos of that day. 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