A mother's reckoning: living in the aftermath of tragedy

Introduction / Andrew Solomon

Part I: The last people on earth. "There's been a shooting at Columbine High School" ; Slivers of glass ; Someone else's life ; A resting place ; Premonition ; Boyhood ; One mother to another ; A place of sorrow ; Life with grief ; The end of denial

Part II: Toward understanding. The depths of his despair ; Fateful dynamic ; Pathway to suicide: Dylan's junior year ; Pathway to violence: Dylan's senior year ; Collateral damage ; A new awareness ; Judgment ; The wrong question

Conclusion: Knowable folds.