Newtown: An American Tragedy by Matthew Lysiak

By Matthew Lysiak

A journalist for The day-by-day News (New York) bargains a "meticulous account of the Newtown bloodbath and its aftermath... it's been a yr, and this harrowing publication can be a reminder that the talk wishes reviving" (Kirkus Reviews).

The international mourned the devastating taking pictures at Sandy Hook easy college in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012.

We keep in mind the numbers: Twenty youngsters and 6 adults, murdered in a spot of nurture and belief. We consider the names: lecturers like Victoria Soto, who misplaced her existence retaining her scholars. A shooter named Adam Lanza. And we have in mind the questions: Outraged conjecture immediately monopolized the global reaction to the tragedy—while the reality went missing.

Here is the definitive journalistic account of Newtown, an important exam of the facts—not in basic terms of that bad day however the ideal typhoon of psychological instability and obsession that preceded it and, within the aftermath of unspeakable heartbreak, the debate that keeps to play out at the nationwide level. Drawn from formerly undisclosed emails, police studies, and in-depth interviews, Newtown: An American Tragedy breaks via a miasma of incorrect information to give the great tale that needs to be told—today—if we're to avoid one other American tragedy within the days to return.

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By Matthew Lysiak

A journalist for The day-by-day News (New York) bargains a "meticulous account of the Newtown bloodbath and its aftermath... it's been a yr, and this harrowing publication can be a reminder that the talk wishes reviving" (Kirkus Reviews).

The international mourned the devastating taking pictures at Sandy Hook easy college in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012.

We keep in mind the numbers: Twenty youngsters and 6 adults, murdered in a spot of nurture and belief. We consider the names: lecturers like Victoria Soto, who misplaced her existence retaining her scholars. A shooter named Adam Lanza. And we have in mind the questions: Outraged conjecture immediately monopolized the global reaction to the tragedy—while the reality went missing.

Here is the definitive journalistic account of Newtown, an important exam of the facts—not in basic terms of that bad day however the ideal typhoon of psychological instability and obsession that preceded it and, within the aftermath of unspeakable heartbreak, the debate that keeps to play out at the nationwide level. Drawn from formerly undisclosed emails, police studies, and in-depth interviews, Newtown: An American Tragedy breaks via a miasma of incorrect information to give the great tale that needs to be told—today—if we're to avoid one other American tragedy within the days to return.

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