In 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine School in Colorado and gunned down a teacher and twelve students and injured another twenty four before taking their own lives..

When these facts became available to the world, I and many others I'm sure, certainly the press, believed, somewhat complacently, that Harris and Klebold must have led lives sadly lacking in discipline and/or love, and probably had disinterested parents who too carried guns, of course the parents must have been to blame. Whilst reading this book I came face to face with my own smugness.

Sue Klebold has left no stone unturned as she has grappled over the ensuing years with the fact that her loving son, whom she loved deeply could have become a perpetrator of such a heinious crime. She never flinches from any guilt or responsibility as she works her way through details of their family life and the disbelief that they were caught up in such a situation.

As a parent who has brought up sons I was well aware that they can be a law unto themselves and often have secrets which we are unaware of but reading this account has led me to believe that for most of us it is a case of there but for the grace of God...

Although it eventually led to the demise of her marriage Sue Klebold has tirelessly revisited her journals leading up to that time, looked deep within her heart and spoken to mental health experts working passionately to bring her findings into the public arena in her hope that teenage depression can be recognised by parents, teachers and doctors and effectively dealt with so that school murder/suicides can be stopped before they become a reality..

"All author profits from the book will be donated to research and to charitable organizations focusing on mental health issues." and I believe that this compelling and haunting book should be required reading if not for all parents then for teachers and even mental health experts..