#64 in Biography & memoir
A Mother's Reckoning
- 336
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 4 weeks on the list, peaked at #2
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Our view
“A Mother’s Reckoning” is a painful, candid memoir by the mother of one of the two Columbine killers. Sue Klebold retraces her son Dylan’s early years, the signs of depression she believes she missed and her grief after the 1999 massacre. It is a mother’s view rather than a history of Columbine; some readers learn much from it about mental health and parenting. Others sense denial in how she judges her son.
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About the book
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. 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. The book also examines her grieving process in dealing with the fallout of the massacre.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 56 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 28% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Biography & memoir average of 8.1. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 56 | 100% |
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How long is A Mother's Reckoning?
It has 336 pages — longer than 62% of the ranked books in Biography & memoir.
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