A bewitching dark and beautiful debut novel about a girl living in the shadow of a mysterious curse. 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?
