Oracle of the Uncomfortable.

SHRIVER, Lionel; WE Need to Talk About Kevin (Book); MOTION picture exhibitions; CANNES Film Festival; LITERARY prizes; NATIONAL Book Awards

The article features the U.S. author Lionel Shriver, whose 2003 bestseller and seventh book "We Need to Talk About Kevin," has been made into a film and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2011 to resounding critical applause. Shriver's dedication in the face of setbacks is described as beyond dispute. Her seventh book was rejected by 30 publishers before it was saved by a small London, England publishing editor. The book won Great Britain's prestigious Osrange Prize in 2005 and was shortlisted for America's National Book Awards in 2010.