title: An Accidental Memoir: How I Killed Someone and Other Stories
author:  Wendy Reed 
description: "By any measure, Wendy Reed has a compelling story to share. On May 28, 1996, her Mitsubishi Montero hydroplaned off I-65 at mile marker 251.7, striking an oncoming 1988 Camry. The author and her youngest child were uninjured, but the accident claimed the life of the other driver. If this books power rested simply in the pathos of the situation, however, it wouldnt leave the deep impression it does. The real beauty is in the writing. Theres nothing accidental about An Accidental Memoir -- its a fantastic, moving expression of craft and insight." Kirk Curnutt, author of Breathing Out the Ghost <br /> "There are not many people who would have the courage to tell this story -- and even fewer writers with the talent and integrity to pull it off. I am in awe of Wendy Reed." Diane McWhorter, Pulitzer Prize winning author <br /> "Memoirs address all kinds of scars, but few so real as this. Wendy Reed writes chillingly about how fast life can change, and end, on a piece of asphalt." Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and bestselling author
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