Accident
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Accident is a powerful and ultimately triumphant novel of lives shattered and changed by one devastating moment.
Although frequent business meetings keep her husband, Brad, away from home, Page Clarke feels blessed with her happy family and comfortable marriage. They have a house near San Francisco and she keeps busy looking after their seven-year-old son, Andy, and their teenage daughter, Allyson.
Allyson, at fifteen, is trying her wings and one weekend, instead of an evening with her friend Chloe, the girls lie and go out with two older high school boys. But a Saturday night that was supposed to be fun ends in tragedy when their car collides head-on with another.
At the hospital, Page finds Chloe's divorced father, Trygve, and, unable to locate Brad, she leans on his strength throughout the the long hours of tormenting questions. Will Allyson live? Will any of them? Were the teenagers drinking? Using drugs? Who was at fault? And where is her husband? Without Brad by her side Page feels her life start to come apart as she is forced to confront the fact that Allyson may not live, and if she does, she may never be the same again.
In an inspiring novel that explores how many people are affected by one tragic accident and how they survive it, Danielle Steel brings us close to the characters whose lives are as familiar as our own... and who live, as we all do, in a world where everything can change in a single moment.
Although frequent business meetings keep her husband, Brad, away from home, Page Clarke feels blessed with her happy family and comfortable marriage. They have a house near San Francisco and she keeps busy looking after their seven-year-old son, Andy, and their teenage daughter, Allyson.
Allyson, at fifteen, is trying her wings and one weekend, instead of an evening with her friend Chloe, the girls lie and go out with two older high school boys. But a Saturday night that was supposed to be fun ends in tragedy when their car collides head-on with another.
At the hospital, Page finds Chloe's divorced father, Trygve, and, unable to locate Brad, she leans on his strength throughout the the long hours of tormenting questions. Will Allyson live? Will any of them? Were the teenagers drinking? Using drugs? Who was at fault? And where is her husband? Without Brad by her side Page feels her life start to come apart as she is forced to confront the fact that Allyson may not live, and if she does, she may never be the same again.
In an inspiring novel that explores how many people are affected by one tragic accident and how they survive it, Danielle Steel brings us close to the characters whose lives are as familiar as our own... and who live, as we all do, in a world where everything can change in a single moment.
Journal Entry 2 by wss4 at Book Relay in Book Relay, A Book Relay -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, October 22, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (10/22/2005 UTC) at Book Relay in Book Relay, A Book Relay -- Controlled Releases
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Sending to tstip as part of the "Spring Cleaning!" relay at bookrelay.com. I hope that you enjoy the book.
Sending to tstip as part of the "Spring Cleaning!" relay at bookrelay.com. I hope that you enjoy the book.
Received from bookrelay.com relay.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Very good book!!
Journal Entry 5 by tstip at RABCK in RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, November 4, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (11/5/2007 UTC) at RABCK in RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases
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Sending to MoonBeach03 as a RABCK.
Sending to MoonBeach03 as a RABCK.
Just got this book in the mail. I hope to start reading it soon. Thanks a lot tstip!!
This was the first Danielle Steel I've ever read. I've kind of shied away from her writing all these years because I just couldn't bring myself to read "that kind" of writing. I started the book skeptical and I found that the writing could have been better (I rolled my eyes at plenty of her adjectives and metaphors), but the characters and the story kept me reading. In the end, I was disgusted by Brad, admired Page, and fell in love with all the teens and children in the book (especially Andy and Bjorn). So while the writing was mediocre, the characters were very entertaining. I would consider reading another Danielle Steel book again, only if the characters are as enjoyable as these in this book.
Thanks again for the book! I plan to release it soon!
Thanks again for the book! I plan to release it soon!
RELEASED IN FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS.
I gave this book to Gay Nell. I hope you enjoy!
I gave this book to Gay Nell. I hope you enjoy!