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Armchair Detectives Book Discussion

A Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold

2026-02-19 19:00:00 2026-02-19 20:00:00 America/Chicago Armchair Detectives Book Discussion Join your fellow True Crime enthusiasts! This month, we'll read A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold. Books available one month before program. Downers Grove Public Library - Conference Room B (Max Capacity 10)

Thursday, February 19
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-02-19 19:00:00 2026-02-19 20:00:00 America/Chicago Armchair Detectives Book Discussion Join your fellow True Crime enthusiasts! This month, we'll read A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold. Books available one month before program. Downers Grove Public Library - Conference Room B (Max Capacity 10)

Downers Grove Public Library

Conference Room B (Max Capacity 10)

Join your fellow True Crime enthusiasts! This month, we'll read A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold. Books available one month before program.

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. In a matter of minutes, they killed twelve students and a teacher and wounded twenty-four others before taking their own lives. For the last sixteen years, Sue Klebold, Dylan's mother, has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day. How could her child, the promising young man she had loved and raised, be responsible for such horror? And how, as his mother, had she not known something was wrong? Were there subtle signs she had missed? What, if anything, could she have done differently? Here she chronicles her journey as a mother trying to come to terms with the incomprehensible, shedding light on one of the most pressing issues of our time. In the hope that the insights and understanding she has gained may help other families recognize when a child is in distress, she tells her story in full, drawing upon her personal journals, the videos and writings that Dylan left behind, and on countless interviews with mental health experts.
 

Books are available at the ATS Desk one month before the book discussion.

DGPL'S newest book club, Armchair Detectives, chooses a new true crime nonfiction book every month. Uncover the truth the third week of every month.

Contact the Adult & Teen Services Desk at ATS@dglibrary.org with questions.

Submit a request for a program accommodation here. Learn more about accommodations and accessibility at DGPL by visiting dglibrary.org/accessibility.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussions |

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