{"product_id":"9780062119049","title":"We Need to Talk About Kevin tie-in : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWe Need to Talk About Kevin tie-in\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Lionel Shriver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow a major motion picture by Lynne Ramsay, starring Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly, Lionel Shriver’s resonant story of a mother’s unsettling quest to understand her teenage son’s deadly violence, her own ambivalence toward motherhood, and the explosive link between them reverberates with the haunting power of high hopes shattered by dark realities. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Shriver’s charged and incisive later novels, including \u003cem\u003eSo Much for That \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Post-Birthday World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWe Need to Talk About Kevin \u003c\/em\u003eis a piercing, unforgettable, and penetrating exploration of violence, family ties, and responsibility, a book that the \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e describes as “sometimes searing . . . [and] impossible to put down.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Ms. Shriver takes a calculated risk . . . but the gamble pays off as she strikes a tone of compelling intimacy.”\u003cbr\u003e“Furiously imagined.”\u003cbr\u003e“An underground feminist hit.”\u003cbr\u003e“A slow, magnetic descent into hell that is as fascinating as it is disturbing.”\u003cbr\u003e“Shriver handles this material, with its potential for cheap sentiment and soap opera plot, with rare skill and sense.”\u003cbr\u003e“Powerful [and] harrowing.”\u003cbr\u003e“Impossible to put down.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062119049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41061386977486,"sku":"9780062119049","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062119049.jpg?v=1652164852","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062119049","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}