A best fiction book of 2021 for The Times 'Hilarious... Fiery phrases spit and crackle. Disgust expands and bursts into belly laughs...a very funny book' Sunday Times 'Thought-provoking, timely, and extremely funny' Metro 'Shriver said that her favourite novels are those that pack both an intellectual and emotional punch.
Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker and a teacher who tried to befriend him. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to te
"The Cassandra of American letters."-New York Times
From the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin