Reckoning

First published in The New Yorker, Solomon tells the story of Peter Lanza, the father of Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook Elementary shooter. Read itits moving, brave and just profoundly human and sad....There arent any answers. And thats what makes this all so impossible, and Solomons journalism so essential (Salon.com). Both parents loved Adam. Neither parent imagined or wanted their childs horrific end. This is why what Peter Lanza did by sharing his story with Andrew Solomon is so important. Lanzas story fills important gaps in our understanding of how a beloved child became a killerand 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).