By Accident (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781605982557)

By Accident portrays a year in the life of a woman after the accidental death of her teenage son. Laura Lucas is numbed by the loss, a loss that is paralleled in the spate of upscale construction and attendant destruction in her starter-home neighborhood. It s about Laura's relationship with a young tree surgeon who slowly becomes a replacement for her son but also an object of desire. The story reveals the delicate nexus where solace becomes sex; the role of men and women as unmarried friends; and examines grief in a marriage. It portrays the pain of change and the poignancy of acceptance through Laura's eyes, and occasionally, through the quirky outlook of her ten-year-old daughter. And before the story ends, another brutal, random accident will redefine Laura's life once again. "

Author: Susan Kelly
ISBN-10: 1605982555
ISBN-13: 9781605982557
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2011
Pages: 302
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.31w x 0.85d