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.
- ISBN10 1605982555
- ISBN13 9781605982557
- Publish Date 1 September 2011 (first published 5 May 2010)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 6 March 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pegasus Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 304
- Language English