The Reckoning: Searching for Meaning with the Father of the Sandy Hook Killer
Anthologies, Psychology, General non-fiction
Summary
First published in The New Yorker Solomon tells the story of Peter Lanza the father of Adam Lanza the Sandy Hook Elementary shooter Read it--it s moving brave and just profoundly human and sad… There aren t any answers And that s what makes this all so impossible and Solomon s journalism so essential Salon com Both parents loved Adam Neither parent imagined or wanted their child s horrific end This is why what Peter Lanza did by sharing his story with Andrew Solomon is so important Lanza s story fills important gaps in our understanding of how a beloved child became a killer--and reminds us as a society that we have an obligation to help families and children before they find themselves on irreversible paths of violence Time