Ever After

<p>I've become convinced the physical life we must live out is but ephemeral. It gives me much comfort and has allowed for new experiences of a spiritual nature I've never had before. <br />--William Wharton from the Epilogue</p><p>In August of 1988 heavy black smoke engulfed an Oregon highway causing a massive 23-car pileup that claimed the lives of novelist William Wharton's 36-year-old daughter her husband and their two infant daughters. They'd been victims of field burning a routine agricultural practice and were burned alive in their van. </p><p>How could such a thing happen? And how could a father come to terms with such a loss? <em>Ever After</em> Wharton's first memoir is his search for answers to these questions written with the inspired simplicity that won him great acclaim for his novels.</p>