I live here in Littleton and knew people involved in the tragedy. ‘A Mother’s Reckoning’ is a rare insight into the life of a parent of a school shooter. 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. 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. Sadder still when the child is young. $28. Worse if the child’s death is a suicide. The minute he told me about it I put it on hold! I was stunned when I saw the news that day but I can't recall ever considering how the mothers of the shooters might be feeling. 305 pp. Had Sue and Tom Klebold delved deeper into Dylan's life as soon as they can issues, would Columbine have been averted? 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. Summary of A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold | Includes Analysis Preview: In her memoir A Mother’s Reckoning, Sue Klebold struggles. A Mother’s Reckoning – Review by Lee. These are probably questions for another book, but they are questions that linger. Looks like I am in the minority on this one. 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. With each piece of new information, typically shared months apart, she would learn something new, shocking, and uncharacteristic about her youngest son. Final Note: Author profits from this book will be donated to research and charitable foundations focusing on mental health issues. Dylan Kleb. She spends much of the book assuring her audience – and herself – that she was the best parent she could be. The saddest thing that can happen to a mother is to outlive her child. When we hear about the actions of murderers we always think to ourselves: "How could they've done that? 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… Book Review: A Mother’s Reckoning. I had just read Columbine by Dave Cullen and learned a ton about the school shooting in 1999. 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. 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. 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. 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. They are also a victim. What was done can probably never be fully explained. 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. "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.". 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”. Over the years, after a long time researching the Columbine case, I'd learned to view Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris as human beings. 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. Even she has asked herself the same question hundreds and hundreds of time. 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 her son’s violent rampage some 16 years ago. 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 … January 14, 2017 January 14, 2017 ~ wendopolis. On 20th April, 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went to school with the intention to kill. “So?” he says. As she tells the story, when Dylan called out “bye” the morning of the attacks, she heard in his tone “a sneer, almost, as if he’d been caught in the middle of a fight with someone”. And with fresh wounds from the Newtown and Charleston shootings, never has the need for understanding been more urgent. Implicitly, and perhaps inevitably, the memoir raises important questions it fails to answer. I read this book because a friend of mine suggested it. 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. Throughout, Klebold offers the argument that Dylan was a follower and that Eric Harris, his long-time friend and the other Columbine shooter, was the leader of this sadistic act. !” asked one of the many letters Sue received. And part of my understanding at least a piece of this puzzle, I thought, was reading about the perspective of the woman who had raised Dylan. 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. How could you not know that Dylan was. 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. 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. 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. to come to terms with her son Dylan’s role in the infamous. Poor victims and their loved ones!" 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. Let me start off by saying whenever one of these horrific events happens, I always feel so badly for the family because I know they are going to be blamed and that is not fair at all. I have close friends that lived near the Klebold home. There is no way to tell and while media outlets seem to bask in finding a whipping boy, finger pointing serves no fruitful purpose. And with fresh wounds from the Newtown and Charleston shootings, never has the need for understanding been more urgent. It took me three very long days to get through this book and I honestly wish that I did not read it. They also planted bombs that – had they functioned as planned – would have taken the lives of hundreds more. This was a difficult book to read. ", Excellent follow-up story to COLUMBINE, but a very sad and terribly heartbreaking read. I was fascinated, horrified, sickened, and heartbroken in turns while I read, but mostly heartbroken – for Sue as a mother, for the memories of her lost child, and for the pain she and her family have had to live with for the last seventeen years. Welcome back. To see what your friends thought of this book, I agree with those who have said it gives one a renewed sense of purpose. Or, they were so disengaged in their lives they were just plain oblivious. 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. 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. Ever. [On this week’s Inside The New York Times Book Review podcast, Sue Klebold discusses “A Mother’s Reckoning.”]. And with fresh wounds from the Newtown and Charleston shootings, never has the need for understanding been more urgent. In the wake of epic tragedy, how does a parent come to terms with their child murdering other children and adults? A MOTHER’S RECKONING: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy, by Sue Klebold. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives. 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 Worse yet, if the suicide is preceded by mass murder. 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. Addressing teen suicide and the inner turmoil that Dylan faced, Sue is blunt in her message to parents: do not ignore anything that seems out of place. If a true crime audiobook is your idea of the perfect listen, then this post is for you. I am a suicide survivor. 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. 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. 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. On hearing there was a shooting at Columbine, she prayed her son was safe. They murdered thirteen people – twelve students and a teacher – and injured twenty-four. The diagnosis closes her questioning down. I read it with great interest and curiosity. Along with her personal devastation, she was grief-stricken for the victims, their families, and the community. 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. How could you not know that Dylan was purchasing weapons? I'm not sure how she survived. Follow. In reality, it’s hard for me to figure out what lessons to draw from Klebold’s book. I do hope for Klebold that writing this book has helped her find some peace. 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. It is definitely worth the read and changed my perspective on the parents of. This is devastating. I believe this was partially because of the book I was reading. For now I will say that this broke my heart with it's bravery, honesty and compassion. Book Review ‘A Mother’s Reckoning’ doesn’t dig deep enough. On a work trip, she meets a computer teacher who pointedly says: “When you’re a good parent, you just sort of know what your kids are up to.” Eventually, the couple are sued, go bankrupt and divorce. Sue Klebold is the mother of Dylan Klebold, who—along with his friend Eric Harris—opened fire on fellow students at … Columbine High School shooting. Ever since I started the research, I knew I couldn't view them as monsters because it was far too simpl. Searching for answers, both in their own lives and that of their younger son, the Klebolds faced vilification over something they said they could not have predicted. (At the time, Tom had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and her older son had been found smoking pot, and she felt overtaxed.). 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. Published by wendopolis. Crown. 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. I attend the church that planted 15 trees (including two for Dylan and Eric). A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold. Beneath the surface of any teenager's emotional expressions can be found torrential angst and calls for help. Eventually, the two perpetrators turned their guns against themselves and committed suicide. However, with the power of hindsight, Klebold could see what might have been warning signs of the smallest order. True crime has been enjoying something... On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. 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. 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. 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. Start by marking “A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy” as Want to Read: Error rating book. In April 1999, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris attacked Columbine High School in one of the largest school massacres in the US – setting a pattern for many that would follow. Out of the worst tragedies there surely sprouts some specks light and hope. It was obviously extremely important for her to write this book, and admirably she is giving all profits to mental health research. Let me start off by saying whenever one of these horrific events happens, I always feel so badly for the family because I know they are going to be blamed and that is not fair at all. Yet Dylan carried out horrific murders, depressed or not. Review A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy. 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. 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. In addition, there were death threats, copious hate mail, unending questions, unfathomable guilt, endless lawsuits and public scrutiny. 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. 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. April 20, 1999 – Columbine High School – Littleton, Colorado. I finished this audiobook more than two weeks ago and I still really don't know how to review it. I was stunned when I saw the news that day but I can't recall ever considering how the mothers of the shooters might be feeling. What a monster! Mental refers to something intangible, and some experts believe that if we change the terminology from mental health to brain health, because the brain is something tangible that we KNOW needs attention, it could help people be more open to truths of mental/brain illness). I think she does a tremendous job of expressing her experience of mourning, while paying due respect to the families of Dylan’s victims. A great deal of this memoir is written from the perspective of what ac. A MOTHER'S RECKONING is a detailed and graphic account of the carefully planned massacre that occurred at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. This story is about how Sue Klebold, Dylan’s mother, has coped with her … Yet we persist in believing (it would be hopeless not to) that, once they arrive, we will in some deep way. "To the rest of the world, Dylan was a monster, but he was my son. “We’re the last people others would expect to find in this situation,” she thinks repeatedly on the day of the shooting. 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. by Crown, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy. 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). But She persisted in thinking everything was OK, even though Dylan had been suspended from school and arrested for stealing, with Harris, electronic equipment from a parked van. The narrative arc takes us from denial to anger to acceptance and some kind of comprehension. It would be easy to admire Sue Klebold for her courage in writing a Mother’s Reckoning. Like other reviewers have said, this is a hard book to review. This book was extremely difficult to read at times, and I can only imagine how hard it was for Klebold to write. 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. Who reads the audio version? 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. Mental refers to something intangible, and some experts believe that if we change the terminology from ment. A teacher flagged a story he had written – from the point of view of a gunman – as disturbingly violent. 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. It would be easy to admire Sue Klebold for her courage in writing a Mother’s Reckoning. shooting, she … It includes information on the recorded basement tape video made by Eric and Dylan as well as documented statements from their diaries and Sue's own journal. This book deserves a more eloquent review than I can muster this late in the evening. Disbelief turns to understanding as she finds herself recalling how Dylan became more sullen and withdrawn – behaviour she attributed to normal adolescent crabbiness. How does a mother or a father miss the signs of impending doom, the stockpiled weapons? 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. I have probably crossed paths with Sue a hundred times, maybe a thousand, but I don't know her. Anyway, again I don't blame her or her husband but frankly I got really bored with reading antecdotes about smart precocious funny Dylan. Why is Dylan’s violence a symptom of disease but not Eric’s psychopathy? More to come soon. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. This is devastating. 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. This self-conception, it would seem, kept her from looking deeply at what Dylan was actually doing. This book was a huge undertaking. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold My rating: 4 of 5 stars Bravo, Sue Klebold! A Mother’s Reckoning, book review. 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. 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. Both come down to a kind of moral luck and accident of biology. A Mother’s Reckoning implicates the reader in its own search for understanding; it’s part confessional, part grief-memoir, part apology and part activist literature. 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. What was done can’t be undone. It is definitely worth the read and changed my perspective on the parents of Dylan. I give my thoughts on the book by Sue Klebold (mother of Dylan Klebold) 'A Mothers Reckoning. Sigh, where to start. Over the years, after a long time researching the Columbine case, I'd learned to view Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris as human beings. She did so many things right by writing this book. 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). First, I want to deeply discredit reviews that state this book is nothing but a mother making excuses for her son. I can't find that info here. If nothing else was accomplished (and there definitely is more), this book has changed my outlook. And if the bombs they planted had gone off it would have been much worse. However we never get any insight as to why he tipped o. Review: A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold. In the wake of epic tragedy, how does a parent come to terms with their child murdering other children and adults? 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. Summary (from Goodreads): On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. 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. 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. It was heartbreaking. I finished this audiobook more than two weeks ago and I still really don't know how to review it. 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. It is so heartbreaking. In the dazed aftermath, stories abounded: the killers were goths, were bullied, were part of a terrifying “trenchcoat mafia”. I’m fairly sure that this is the longest book review that I have written, I have tried to cut it down but can’t, it seems that I have a lot to say about A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold and feel the need to say it! Sue Klebold is a very strong woman, I don't know how she got through all of this. She dove into motherhood and did her best to mother with intent and purpose. Writing 16 years after the. How ought we to think about moral culpability in an age of psychiatric diagnoses? Looks like I am in the minority on this one. 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. 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. 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. I was not a mother when Columbine happened. What kind of mother fails to see that her son is a killer? 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 believe Sue was very brave for writing this book and knowing that 100% of the profits goes to brain health and suicide prevention is an awesome gesture on her part. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy is written by Sue Klebold, mother of Dylan Klebold. 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