I just finished reading Lionel Shriver's book, "We Need to Talk about Kevin" and I'm having 'good book' withdrawal. Although some of the subject matter was pretty grim (it's a series of letters from Eva, the mom of one of those Columbine type killers, to her husband Franklin) it was so well written and it had some issues to really think about. You know, the whole nature vs. nurture thing, the whole 'whose fault is it when kids turn out bad' thing, the whole 'Mom' thing, the whole 'affluent society' thing, the whole 'family' thing, etc. etc.

Although there was much in the book that I couldn't identify with (thank god!), there was surprisingly much in the book that I could. And of course it was set in NYC, so you know that I love that!

Anyway, I liked the book so much that I ordered past novels by Ms. Shriver from the Amazon (used) Marketplace and have 3 more novels waiting for me.

I just hope that they are as captivating and 'realistic' as this one.

It's always so great when you find a new writer that just says it like you wish you could.