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Accidents of Marriage
Contributor(s): Meyers, Randy Susan (Author)
ISBN: 1451673051     ISBN-13: 9781451673050
Publisher: Atria Books
OUR PRICE:   $15.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Family Life - General
- Fiction | Literary
Dewey: 813.6
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" (0.65 lbs) 368 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Family
 
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Publisher Description:
"A complex and captivating tale" (The Boston Globe) which takes an engrossing look at the darker side of a marriage--and at how an ordinary family responds to an extraordinary crisis, forcing a couple to decide when a marriage is too broken to fix.

Maddy, a social worker, is trying to balance her career and three children, but her husband's verbal furies have made the family wary and frightened. Where once his fiery passion had been reserved for defending his clients, now he's lashing out at all of them. She vacillates between tiptoeing around him and asserting herself for the sake of their kids--keeping a fragile peace--until the rainy day when they're together in the car and Ben's volatile temper gets the best of him, leaving Maddy in the hospital fighting for her life.

Randy Susan Meyers takes us inside the hearts and minds of her characters, alternating among the perspectives of Maddy, Ben, and their fourteen-year-old daughter, Emma. A People magazine Book Pick, Accidents of Marriage is a "beautifully written, poignant, and thought-provoking novel" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) that will resonate deeply with women from all walks of life, ultimately revealing the challenges of family, faith, and forgiveness.


Contributor Bio(s): Meyers, Randy Susan: - Randy Susan Meyers is the bestselling author of Waisted, Accidents of Marriage, The Comfort of Lies, The Murderer's Daughters, and The Widow of Wall Street. Her books have twice been finalists for the Mass Book Award and named "Must Read Books" by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. She lives with her husband in Boston, where she teaches writing at the Grub Street Writers' Center.