An Accidental Light

An Accidental Light

by ElizabethDiamond (Author)

Synopsis

I've seen her a thousand times. Running through the blue shadows in the rain. Stopped by a screech of brakes and my voice shouting. Stopped by the sudden boom of my heart.

On a quiet road just outside London, in the blue half-light of dusk, a car accident will change the lives of two families forever.

Jack Philips is a happily married policeman with two small daughters, but the consequences of the accident will force him to reassess everything he loves - and to confront long-buried secrets in his past.

For Lisa Jenkins, the devastation caused by the accident seems almost unbearable. Until she discovers an inner strength she never knew she had - and the courage to change her life completely.

In this heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting debut novel, Elizabeth Diamond explores the ripple effects of a single moment of tragedy - the journey from guilt to peace, from vengeance to forgiveness, from grief to hope - and even, ultimately, to joy.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Picador
Published: 02 May 2008

ISBN 10: 0330453513
ISBN 13: 9780330453516

Media Reviews
.,. matter-of-fact, precise prose and edgy characterizations... - Kirkus Reviews .,. a heartbreaking journey into the aftermath of tragedy. - Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
Elizabeth Diamond spent many years writing poetry and working, amongst other things, as a home help, a shop assistant, a typist, and a special needs teacher, and dreaming of being a published author, until a chance place on a writers' development award, followed by an arts council grant, gave her the time to write her first novel - just to see `if she could'. The result was her debut novel, An Accidental Light. She lives in Devon, has two grown sons and three granddaughters.