Accident

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Summary: Steele's Accident - Shattered lives due to accident or fate?
Review: Was everything just an accident, or perhaps fate? Danielle Steele's Accident is one of Steele's better books. If you want a book you absolutely can't put down, this is the book for you! Accident is a powerful, and yet triumphant novel, of lives that were shattered and changed by one devastating moment.

With Page's husband being a business man he is not home a lot but Page Clarke feels blessed with her, what seems to be, 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, who is fifteen, lies to her mom and instead of going out with her friend Chloe, the girls go out with two older high school boys. But a Saturday night that was supposed to be fun doesn't quite end up that way. Instead, there is an awful "accident" that takes place when their car collides head-on with another car driven by the mayor's wife.

At the hospital, Page finds Chloe's divorced father, Trygve. She is unable to locate Brad so her and Trygve lean on each other throughout the the long hours at the Marion hospital. 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 and at the same time is trying to deal with the fact that her daughter may not live and if she does, she may never be the same again.

I read this novel in 5 days; no joke! This novel is impossible to put down. The beginning brought about a relaxing view of Page's life and makes the reader interested in finding out more. Then, all of the sudden, fate occurs and the rest of the story just grabs your heart right away. It leaves you wondering, "What happens next?" and you find yourself not being able to put this novel down. And the end of the novel makes it worth reading even more! I enjoyed reading this book and would even read it again.

Steele's character development was once again, great. Every character in her books can be closely related in someway to our own lives. She did an exceptional job getting into the head of Page in Accident. Her character is admired by the reader. She was a very strong character and it played an important role in the other character's lives in the book.

Accident has a plot that is definitely believable. A tragic car accident, a marriage gone wrong, the pain of a little boy who feels like his life is falling apart, and the heart ache of a mother who is trying desperately to hold her family, plus her own life, together, makes up a great, touching story. Even the emotions felt in this book were so down to earth and real with today's society. The plot was developed and every situation and circumstance made sense and ended in triumph by the end of the story. I didn't get confused at all and her sentence and word structure made complete sense.

Accident was an inspiring novel that shows just how many people are affected by one tragic accident and how they survive it. Danielle Steel makes it seem as though the characters lives are similar to our own... and who live, like the rest of us, in a world where everything can change in a single moment. I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a truly inspirational novel to read and not be able to put down. Danielle Steele definitely earns 5 stars in this novel.

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Summary: Great!
Review: When I started reading the book I didn't know what it would be like but it turned out to be one of my favorite books by Danielle Steel. And I've read almost all of them. You won't regret this book.

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Summary: This book is about love and loyalty and trust.
Review: With death, accidents, and broken marriages occurring all over the world, why can't they happen all at once to one family in a small town? In the Accident, the author, Danielle Steele decides to put these problems together. I really enjoyed this book.

One reason I liked this book was the scene when Brad got to the hospital because Page knew that something was wrong and that he was not where he said he was going to be. He was at the hospital in one hour and should have taken six hours, but he didn't so she was confused. This scene surprised me because at first the author had them as a happily married couple, but then I realized they were not happy because he cheated on her with another woman. I guessed where he was, and what he was doing, and I was right. He was not honest to her, and, at the moment she needed him the most, he was with another woman. I would have been really angry if that happened to me. He betrayed Page, and her trust and love. He lied to her for a long time, and she never knew what was happening. Situations like this happen all the time and are very common. The character I disliked the most was the husband, Brad Clarke. He was not around when the accident happened to his daughter Allyson because he was off with another woman. He never cared about going to see her in the hospital and was never supportive to Page. I would think that he would want to be with his family, but he never was. He did not care if anyone ever knew where he was. He was breaking up his marriage and his family. This reminds me of when I was younger because my dad did the something similar to my family and me. I understand how Page felt because I had the same feelings. I felt hatred and anger toward him but I still felt love for him. He had betrayed us like Brad betrayed Page and his family. It is hard to deal with something that is so hard to face. Page had a lot of right to be so angry with him, and he did not realize how much he had hurt her, but I did.

Another reason I liked this novel is that Trygve Thorenson was such a great person. He was very strong and supportive of Page Clarke through the whole book. He was always thinking of her and was kind and considerate of her feelings and did not take advantage of her. He helped her when her husband, Brad, was not around, he was supposed to be in Cleveland. He helped her to be strong. He also helped her through her marriage problems. Trygve had already gone through a divorce so when she told him what was happening with her marriage, he helped her and took care of her, her son, Andy, and stayed at the hospital with her daughter Allyson. I think what he did was very thoughtful and good for Page because at the time of the car accident involving Allyson she really needed his comfort.

I really liked Accident, and I would recommend this book to anyone who likes Danielle Steel. She is a good author, and writes very well. I have read other books by her and I liked all of the ones I have read so far. I will definitely be reading more books by her. I would also recommend this book to anyone who has faced the same problems or know someone who is going through these problems.