The Accident Season

<p><strong>'A magical debut that you will devour' <em>Guardian</em></strong><br /><strong><br />'Stunning . . . I am still blown away. An exquisite story' <em>Publishers Weekly </em></strong><br /><br /><strong>'Hands down the best book I've read this year' Melinda Salisbury</strong><br /><em><br />It's the accident season, the same time every year. Bones break, skin tears, bruises bloom.</em><br /><br />The accident season has been part of seventeen-year-old Cara's life for as long as she can remember. Towards the end of October, Cara's family becomes inexplicably accident-prone. They banish knives to locked drawers, cover sharp table edges with padding, switch off electrical items - but injuries follow wherever they go, and the accident season becomes an ever-growing obsession and fear.<br /><br />But why are they so cursed? And how can they break free?<br /><br /><strong>A bewitching, dark and beautiful novel that will stay with you long after the final page.</strong></p>