School Shootings Now Have Villainous Parents

It was probably inevitable

Will Leitch
GEN
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5 min readDec 6, 2021

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A Mother’s Reckoning is one of the most difficult books I’ve ever read. It’s a memoir from Sue Klebold, the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the two perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. The book is an aching, open wound, one of loss, guilt, regret, and profound suffering, a memoir that’s about her, about her son, about…

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Will Leitch
GEN
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Author of six books, including “How Lucky” and "The Time Has Come." NYMag/MLB.. Founder, Deadspin. https://williamfleitch.substack.com