The Accident by Kate Hendrick
Kate Hendrick’s debut traces the butterfly effect of a fatal car crash on a stormy night, following the lives of three teenagers who each narrate a part of the book.
Sarah is recovering both physically and mentally from the accident. She is attending a new school and trying to move ahead, but her family has suffered a terrible loss and her home life has been irrevocably changed. Will’s family is troubled too. His mother suffers from a depressive illness and his older sister has returned from time away noticeably different. Eliat is attending high school and raising a young child. She grew up without a family and is struggling to learn how to be a part of one herself.
The Accident is about families – how they hurt and how they are mended. It explores how random events can spur crucial changes and how one pivotal moment can transform your life.