Accidents Of Marriage
Randy Susan Meyers
Atria, Sep 2 2014, $25.00
ISBN: 9781451673043
Married for fifteen years, social worker Maddy and attorney Ben raise
three children (fourteen years old Emma, nine years old Gracie and seven years
old Caleb) in Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts.
Recently Maddy feels overwhelmed by her work and her children’s needs,
but the greatest pressure comes from her quick to anger husband.
Ben drives to work, but rushes back home to gather needed papers
he left behind. Maddy calls Ben begging he
pick her up in a bad area as the cops towed her vehicle away for failing to
register the car and taxis refuse to stop.
Angrily, Ben cancels a critical meeting and drives over to pick up his
wife. When he gets into a road rage
contest with another foolish driver, Ben loses control and crashes; leaving Maddy
in a coma. Now Ben and the three kids struggle
with the family glue comatose.
This is an insightful look at the impact of rage on a family. The crucial powerful premise is the realistic
diverse ways the extended family, coworkers and friends behave before the
accident; while Maddy is comatose; and after she regains consciousness. Accidents Of Marriage pulls no punches as Randy Susan Meyers
writes a profound novel.
Harriet Klausner
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