The Accidental (CD-Audio)

from goose114

The Accidental is about a stranger that forces her way into the Smart family's summer home and life. This stranger affects each of the four members of the Smart family differently. The stranger allows some to heal and move on with their lives, and to others reveals their own unhappiness. The stor...

from ursula

This book started off intriguingly enough, told in a very distinctive voice we soon learn belongs to Astrid, a 12-year-old on holiday with her family in a "substandard" vacation rental. She's precocious and quirky, but child narrators pretty much have to be. Then the focus bounces back and forth ...

from lauralkeet

Eve and Michael Smart, and their children Magnus and Astrid, rent a house in Norfolk for the summer, hoping to escape the stress of everyday London life. One day a young woman named Amber appears on their doorstep, and everyone is so caught up in their own cares, each assumes she is known to one ...

from bohemiangirl35

I'm not really sure what to think about The Accidental. The story was pretty uneven for me. Some parts were captivating and other parts were downright boring and I wanted to skip over them. The story is told through each of the four members of the Smart family - mom Eve, dad Michael, older brothe...

from mrstreme

Truth be told, I don't know how to fairly review The Accidental by Ali Smith. It's a story that follows the dysfunctional lives of the Smart family and the emergence of Amber, a young woman who crashes the Smart's summer home one evening. Amber's presence helps members of the family deal with the...