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"There aren't many, if any, journalists who have reported as extensively about the tragedy at Sandy Hook as Lysiak ... packed with beautiful vignettes about the victims and some remarkably intimate details about the troubled young man's mental state and his relationship with his mother." -USAToday
"Meticulous account of the Newtown massacre and its aftermath"--Kirkus Reviews...This book shows a deeper grasp of how to assemble those facts into a meaningful picture of events....tremendously moving in the simplicity of its presentation." -- Salon.comAbout the Author
Matthew Lysiak is a staff writer for
The Daily News (New York) who has received national recognition for his exclusive reporting on the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary and the Newtown killer Adam Lanza, the Aurora gunman James Holmes, the Tucson shooter Jared Loughner, the Fort Hood army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, and more. Lysiak currently lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and three daughters.
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- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Gallery Books; First Edition edition (December 10, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1476753741
- ISBN-13: 978-1476753744
- Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
...in trying to understand what happened and why. I read this yesterday just before the Ct. Police Report was released. Anyone with a child like Adam will immediately connect with the frustration Mrs. Lanza suffered as she tried desperately to find help for her 'little boy', a boy who loved and trusted her, but as he grew into the teenage years, in all probability, grew as frustrated as she and withdrew to a world of violent computer games and deeper and deeper mental illness DESPITE the psychiatric help she was able to provide.
Some quotes that stood out for me were, "If one more psychiatrist tells me he will grow out of it, I'll go nuts" (paraphrased). I was particularly interested in learning that teachers had labeled her as hysterical, anxiety ridden, and all the other catch phrases professionals of that type use to describe parents who are just trying so hard to get them to understand that 'something is wrong with their child, please help!!!!".....so frustrated was she, that she did what other families have done -- thrown their hands up in frustration!
You'll also learn that substitute teachers weren't given keys to lock their doors and it wasn't until the custodian ran down the hall to warn them there was a shooter that he was able to lock some of the doors. I believe the two classrooms that were hit the hardest were the very ones who were unable to lock their doors.
Plus I always thought they lived in this huge mansion, when, in fact, their house was very small, according to the video I just watched put out by the State of CT. The house may have been 'expensive' but it certainly was no mansion.
Just like anyone else watching the tragedy unfold on Dec 14th, I cried all day watching as reports flooded out of 6 year old babies being massacred along with the sheer bravery of teachers and administrators who valiantly tried to protect them. The story hit home even more for me because I grew up in Newtown, am a teacher myself, and actually had interactions with Adam Lanza in Reed Intermediate School when he was in 5th grade.
The book does not shed much new light on the subject, but that wasn't my expectation going in. How many different news accounts can there possibly be? What drew me to the book was Nancy Lanza and her possible role in raising her son. The author did a fine job portraying her as a victim as well. The woman tried so many times unsuccessfully to get her son help. Maybe if the institutions for the mentally ill were still operational, tragedies like this may have been spared. I'm not advocating that I agree with her decision to have her son own guns or take him shooting, but from this report it appears that she tried time and time again for help only to be turned away. How frustrating as a mother!
The book is well written and pays tribute and homage to the 26 angels of the tragedy, giving each his/her own story as well as dedicating time to understand that Newtown as a community did what needed to be done in the minutes it took a madman to destroy innocent lives. I came away truly believing that the first responders and officers, who have been under scrutiny as of late, did everything in their power to stop the massacre and get help that was needed.
The issue of gun control will always be a hot button topic that I will refrain from voicing my opinion on, but the author did a stellar job remaining neutral.
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