Awards
Whitbread Novel Award : Winner 2005
Man Booker Prize for Fiction : Shortlist 2005
Orange Prize for Fiction : Shortlist 2006
Synopsis
The Smart family's lacklustre holiday in Norwich is turned upside down when a beguiling stranger called Amber appears, bringing with her love, joy, pain and upheaval. The Smarts try to make sense of their bewildering emotions as Amber tramples over family boundaries and forces them to think about their world and themselves in an entirely new way. The Accidental is at once a mysterious web of secret identities and a ruthlessly honest look at the silent cracks that can develop unnoticed in relationships over time.Reviews
Customer Review: 09 April 2008
Reviewer: joe
Hi! ;) i thought this book was simply stunning. I really really enjoyed it. i couldnt put it down. well, i did when i needed the loo and when i had to go to bed but you know what i mean.. :]
» Submit a reviewCritic Review:
'Fantastically complex, beautiful and special, The Accidental invokes a sense of universal rapture.'
Guardian
'Smith's sparkling prose bewitches and beguiles...simply mesmerising'
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Product details
Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780141010397
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 320
Published : 06 Apr 2006
Publisher : Penguin
The Accidental
£7.99
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