Promotional Information

Accident is a powerful and ultimately triumphant novel of lives shattered and changed by one devastating moment.

About the Author

Danielle Steel is one of the world's most popular and highly acclaimed authors, with over ninety international bestselling novels in print and more than 600 million copies of her novels sold. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved.

To discover more about Danielle Steel and her books visit her website at www.daniellesteel.com

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Reviews

Don't tackle this book without a large packet of Mom-sized tissues
*Daily Mail*

Steel is one of the best!
*Los Angeles Times*

The plot of Danielle Steel's novels twist and weave as incredible stories unfold to the glee and delight of her enormous reading public
*United Press International*

Ms. Steel's fans won't be disappointed!
*The New York Times Book Review*

Don't tackle this book without a large packet of Mom-sized tissues -- Georgia Metcalfe * Daily Mail *
Steel is one of the best! * Los Angeles Times *
The plot of Danielle Steel's novels twist and weave as incredible stories unfold to the glee and delight of her enormous reading public * United Press International *
Ms. Steel's fans won't be disappointed! * The New York Times Book Review *

Packed with Steel's trademark dense plotting and incidents featuring everything from sexual abuse and infidelity to car crashes and impossible relatives, her 32nd novel (after Vanished ) is set in California's plush Marin County. Page Clarke, devoted wife of Brad and mother of Allyson and Andy, finds her golden life shattered when 15-year-old Allyson sneaks off with friend Chloe to meet two boys. In a subsequent head-on collision, one boy is killed, Chloe is seriously injured and Allyson lapses into a coma. Page can't reach Brad, who confesses when he comes home that he is having an affair. Stunned and hurt, Page keeps a vigil at Allyson's bedside while also coping with needy seven-year-old Andy and an ambivalent husband who can't decide whether to stay or leave. Her only support comes from Chloe's father, Trygve Thorensen, who has been the primary caretaker for his kids since their mother divorced him. Other plot twists include a visit from Page's self-indulgent, neurotic mother and her sister, and a secret concerning the driver of the other car in the accident. While not drawn in much depth, the characters are believable; Trygve in particular is likable and nurturing. The ending is predictable but pleasant, bound to delight Steel's fans. One million first printing; national ad/promo; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club dual main selection. (Mar.)