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Accident
Accident
Author: Danielle Steel
ISBN-13: 9780385306027
ISBN-10: 0385306024
Publication Date: 2/1/1994
Pages: 305
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 95 ratings
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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46 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Accident on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Great book. I read this twice, and loved it both times
dastephan6 avatar reviewed Accident on + 132 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
this book made me cry, smile, laugh, and get angry. it is a very touching story about Page, her husband, Brad, and their children, Allyson and Andy. It starts off as Allie lieing to her mother about where is going and who she is going with. While out with her friends, Allie is involved in a tragic car accident. As Allie lays on a very thin line between life and death, Page feels her whole life fall apart in a matter of days. As she tries to find her find her husband to tell him about Allie's accident, he comes to realize that he is cheating on her. Just when Page thinks that her dying daughter and ending marriage is enough to deal with, Andy runs away and breaks his arm. Page knows that her life will never be the same again, but she's just not prepared for everything that happens.
shorty04 avatar reviewed Accident on
Helpful Score: 3
This was my first Steel novel, and must say that I was impressed. This one was not really a romance, but a mothers story of life falling apart. Her daughter was in a horrific accident and the rest of her life comes tumbling after that. This is a story of perseverance.
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Helpful Score: 2
Excellent book, read it in a day in a half. I just could not put it down.
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Helpful Score: 2
good book a must read Danielle steel's books send you on twist and turns leaving you on the edge till the next time you have time to read another chapter
Belle0505 avatar reviewed Accident on + 20 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This book is about a woman whose life gets turned upside-down. Her daughter is in an accident(hence the name), her husband is cheating on her, and she is in the middle dealing with it all.

I thought this book was very good. A little repetitive, but great story.
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Helpful Score: 2
a great book, as usual for DS
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Helpful Score: 1
Well-earned best-seller about families (maybe yours or mine?) changed forever in a single moment. WOW!
countrylane avatar reviewed Accident on + 81 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
For a romance, this is pretty gripping at times. This is a story of every mother's nightmare; a car full of teenagers have a tragic accident. Lives are shattered in one devastating moment. This book will cause you to reflect upon how you or your loved ones would react in a similar situation. A lot of angles here. The characters all have to face a world that has changed in a single moment. Some can't handle it, but those that do become stronger for the challenge. You may need your tissues in a few spots but I guarantee you will enjoy this book.
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Helpful Score: 1
Just like all of Danielle Steels books this one is very good! If you are a Steel fan you won't be disappointed. Keeps you on the edge of your seat ! Book in excellent condition.
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Helpful Score: 1
loved this book, excellent Steel writing.
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Helpful Score: 1
I loved this book..couldn't put it down till I finished reading it! Very heartwarming..and heartbreaking..wonderful book! I felt as though I could feel every emotion as she went through all the trauma and trials of her life.
Gave this to a friend to read as soon as I was through and she felt the same way! Read it straight through before she put it down. Great read!!
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Helpful Score: 1
Great Danielle Steel story!!
pj avatar reviewed Accident on + 208 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A powerful and ultimately triumphant tale of families shattered and lives changed forever by a single, devastating moment. This inspiring novel explores how many people are affected by one tragic accident--and how they survive tragedy in a world where everything can change in an instant
AleighD avatar reviewed Accident on + 97 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Classic Danielle Steel....great book!
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Helpful Score: 1
Danielle Steel's thirty- second best-selling work,is the powerful and ultimately triumphant tale of families shattered and lives changed forever by a single devastating moment.
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"This is an inspiring novel that explores how many people are affected by one tragic accident and how they survive it."

A great Danielle Steel noval!
colie1718 avatar reviewed Accident on + 70 more book reviews
This is the best Danielle Steel book I have read. If you are a fan, be sure to read this novel.
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This is a really great book! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Highly recommended!
cammie1975 avatar reviewed Accident on + 17 more book reviews
I am a Danielle Steel junkie. She is my guilty pleasure! Accident was one of the first books of hers that I read and I really enjoyed it!
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Packed with Steel's trademark dense plotting and incidents featuring everything from sexual abuse and infidelity to car crashes and impossible relatives, her 32nd novel (after Vanished ) is set in California's plush Marin County. Page Clarke, devoted wife of Brad and mother of Allyson and Andy, finds her golden life shattered when 15-year-old Allyson sneaks off with friend Chloe to meet two boys. In a subsequent head-on collision, one boy is killed, Chloe is seriously injured and Allyson lapses into a coma. Page can't reach Brad, who confesses when he comes home that he is having an affair. Stunned and hurt, Page keeps a vigil at Allyson's bedside while also coping with needy seven-year-old Andy and an ambivalent husband who can't decide whether to stay or leave. Her only support comes from Chloe's father, Trygve Thorensen, who has been the primary caretaker for his kids since their mother divorced him. Other plot twists include a visit from Page's self-indulgent, neurotic mother and her sister, and a secret concerning the driver of the other car in the accident. While not drawn in much depth, the characters are believable; Trygve in particular is likable and nurturing. The ending is predictable but pleasant, bound to delight Steel's fans.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEW
kimann71 avatar reviewed Accident on + 15 more book reviews
Great Book!
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very good
scrapbooklady avatar reviewed Accident on + 472 more book reviews
"Accident" is one of those books you just cannot put it down. It is a great story, that reminds us of how a single day can change your entire life. That Saturday of the "Accident" is one of those days. The main characters had a perfect life before their daughter and three other teenagers were involved in a terrible car accident which changed their lives forever...very emotional read.
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I love all of her books
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This is an excelent book. It is kinda somewhat a tear gerker. But in all it is a great book. I couldn't put it down.
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FROM THE PUBLISHER
Accident is a powerful and ultimately triumphant novel of lives shattered and changed by one devastating moment.

Although frequent business meetings keep her husband, Brad, away from home, Page Clarke feels blessed with her happy family and comfortable marriage. They have a house near San Francisco and she keeps busy looking after their seven-year-old son, Andy, and their teenage daughter, Allyson.
Allyson, at fifteen, is trying her wings and one weekend, instead of an evening with her friend Chloe, the girls lie and go out with two older high school boys. But a Saturday night that was supposed to be fun ends in tragedy when their car collides head-on with another.

At the hospital, Page finds Chloe's divorced father, Trygve, and, unable to locate Brad, she leans on his strength throughout the the long hours of tormenting questions. Will Allyson live? Will any of them? Were the teenagers drinking? Using drugs? Who was at fault? And where is her husband? Without Brad by her side Page feels her life start to come apart as she is forced to confront the fact that Allyson may not live, and if she does, she may never be the same again.

In an inspiring novel that explores how many people are affected by one tragic accident and how they survive it, Danielle Steel brings us close to the characters whose lives are as familiar as our own... and who live, as we all do, in a world where everything can change in a single moment.
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Typical Danielle Steel. the strong woman is rewarded in the end when her daughter is badly hurt in a car accident and her husband can't be found because he's with his mistress. grrrrr
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very good
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A powerful and ultimately ytiumphant novel of lives shattered and changed by one devastating moment.
shellyybellyy avatar reviewed Accident on
Found this book in my mom's collection and WOW! I always thought of Danielle Steele as a writer for bored housewives but man did this book kick me right in the feelings. It's definitely worth the read. I'll never judge an author like that again.
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Packed with Steel's trademark dense plotting and incidents featuring everything from sexual abuse and infidelity to car crashes and impossible relatives, her 32nd novel (after Vanished ) is set in California's plush Marin County. Page Clarke, devoted wife of Brad and mother of Allyson and Andy, finds her golden life shattered when 15-year-old Allyson sneaks off with friend Chloe to meet two boys. In a subsequent head-on collision, one boy is killed, Chloe is seriously injured and Allyson lapses into a coma. Page can't reach Brad, who confesses when he comes home that he is having an affair. Stunned and hurt, Page keeps a vigil at Allyson's bedside while also coping with needy seven-year-old Andy and an ambivalent husband who can't decide whether to stay or leave. Her only support comes from Chloe's father, Trygve Thorensen, who has been the primary caretaker for his kids since their mother divorced him. Other plot twists include a visit from Page's self-indulgent, neurotic mother and her sister, and a secret concerning the driver of the other car in the accident. While not drawn in much depth, the characters are believable; Trygve in particular is likable and nurturing. The ending is predictable but pleasant, bound to delight Steel's fans.
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good book
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It was the best Danielle Steel book I have ever read, but was SOMEWHAT predictable (for me, anyway).
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I very sad but good book
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I love a good Danielle Steel.
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the story how lives can be shatttered and changed by one devastating moment.How one thing can effect lives and how they survive it.
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Packed with Steel's trademark dense plotting and incidents featuring everything from sexual abuse and infidelity to car crashes and impossible relatives, her 32nd novel (after Vanished ) is set in California's plush Marin County. Page Clarke, devoted wife of Brad and mother of Allyson and Andy, finds her golden life shattered when 15-year-old Allyson sneaks off with friend Chloe to meet two boys. In a subsequent head-on collision, one boy is killed, Chloe is seriously injured and Allyson lapses into a coma. Page can't reach Brad, who confesses when he comes home that he is having an affair. Stunned and hurt, Page keeps a vigil at Allyson's bedside while also coping with needy seven-year-old Andy and an ambivalent husband who can't decide whether to stay or leave. Her only support comes from Chloe's father, Trygve Thorensen, who has been the primary caretaker for his kids since their mother divorced him. Other plot twists include a visit from Page's self-indulgent, neurotic mother and her sister, and a secret concerning the driver of the other car in the accident.
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A Novel of courage
kevinsbebe avatar reviewed Accident on + 165 more book reviews
Typical Danielle Steel, good characters, good storyline. Makes you laugh sometimes and definitely makes you cry. :)
Janine avatar reviewed Accident on + 252 more book reviews
When her daughter is critically injured in a car accident, Page Clarke is unable to locate her husband and instead finds herself leaning on Trygve, the divorced father of another girl involved in the accident.
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Accident is a powerful novel of lives shattered and changed by one devastating moment. This novel how many people are affected by one tragic accident. It also shows how they survive.
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Really great book.
I'm not a big Steel fan, but this was great...
freeverse071681 avatar reviewed Accident on + 609 more book reviews
Accident is a powerful and ultimately triumphant novel of lives shattered and changed by one devastating moment.
Although frequent business meetings keep her husband, Brad, away from home, Page Clarke feels blessed with her happy family and comfortable marriage. They have a house near San Francisco and she keeps busy looking after their seven-year-old son, Andy, and their teenage daughter, Allyson.

Allyson, at fifteen, is trying her wings and one weekend, instead of an evening with her friend Chloe, the girls lie and go out with two older high school boys. But a Saturday night that was supposed to be fun ends in tragedy when their car collides head-on with another.

At the hospital, Page finds Chloe's divorced father, Trygve, and, unable to locate Brad, she leans on his strength throughout the the long hours of tormenting questions. Will Allyson live? Will any of them? Were the teenagers drinking? Using drugs? Who was at fault? And where is her husband? Without Brad by her side Page feels her life start to come apart as she is forced to confront the fact that Allyson may not live, and if she does, she may never be the same again.
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from the cover:
Although frequent business meetings keep her husband, Brad, away from home, Page Clarke feels blessed with her happy family and comfortable marriage. They have a house near San Francisco and she keeps busy looking after her seven-year-old son, Andy and her teenage daughter, Allyson. Allyson, at fiftgeen, is trying her wings and one weekend instead of an evening with her friend, Chloe, the girls lie and go out with two older high school boys. But a Saturday night that was to be fun ends in tragedy when their car collides head-on with another. At the hospital Page finds Chloe's divorced father, Trygve, and unable to locagte Brad, she leans on his strength throughout the long hours of tormenting questions. Will Allyson live? Will any of them? Were the teenagers drinking? Using drugs? Who was at fault? And where is her husband? Without Brad by her side Page feels her life start to come apart as she is forced to confront the fact that Allyson may not live, and if she does, she may never be the same again. So many people are affected by this accident.

(how do they survive it with all the questions? How will Chloe's father fit into the picture? earl h., meldrim, ga.)
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from the introudction

In one tragic moment everything changed.
Her daughter's life.
Her marriage
Her world.