The Accident Season

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It's the accident season, the same time every year. Bones break, skin tears, bruises bloom.

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, foreshadowed by the deaths of many relatives before them, 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.

But why are they so cursed? And how can they break free?

Critics Review

  • A magical debut that you will devour

    Guardian

  • Eerie and edgy, dark and intense . . . You’ll read it in a single breathless sitting

    The Bookseller

  • Months after reading Moïra Fowley-Doyle’s stunning debut, I am still blown away . . . One of the best books I’ve read in years. An exquisite story – the kind to win awards, top bestseller lists, and become the obsession of book lovers everywhere

    Publishers Weekly

  • This astonishingly bold debut combines gritty reality with mystical, ghostly presences – and is beautifully written

    Daily Mail

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