Short description
The Smart family's lacklustre holiday in Norwich is turned upside down when a beguiling stranger called Amber appears, bringing with her love, joy, pain and upheaval. The Smarts try to make sense of their bewildering emotions as Amber tramples over family boundaries and forces them to think about their world and themselves in an entirely new way.
Long description
The Smart family's lacklustre holiday in Norwich is turned upside down when a beguiling stranger called Amber appears, bringing with her love, joy, pain and upheaval. The Smarts try to make sense of their bewildering emotions as Amber tramples over family boundaries and forces them to think about their world and themselves in an entirely new way. The Accidental is at once a mysterious web of secret identities and a ruthlessly honest look at the silent cracks that can develop unnoticed in relationships over time.
Review
Astonishing. . . . Vivid and affecting. . . . Wonderfully supple, jazzy. - The New York Times
Persistently sparkling pages...of startling and clarifying emotional power. . . . It casts a spell. -- The Atlantic Monthly
Completely captivating. . . . Thoroughly charming and melodic. . . .Devilishly lovely. -- The Boston Globe
Beautifully executed. . . . A few pages [in] and you begin to remember how much fun it is to put yourself in the hands of a skilled, majestically confident writer. . . . Delightful.
-- The New York Observer
Brims with wit, humor, and energy. -- The Christian Science Monitor