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A tragic accident sets in motion a cycle of violence and retribution in John Burnham Schwartz's riveting novel "Reservation Road". Two haunted men and their families are engulfed by the emotions surrounding the unexpected and horrendous death of ten-year-old Josh in a hit and run accident. Ethan, a respected professorā¦
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One of the common reactions to the death of a loved family memberāespecially any death we perceive to be unnecessary or unnaturalāis extreme anger. We have to blame someone, and yes, thereās plenty of reproach and self-recrimination in John Burnham Schwartzās novel, Reservation Road. But thereās a clear culpritāa hit and run driverāand it seems the police are hardly bothering to investigate, and in a case like that, anyone would have a target for their helpless rage. We see Ethan, a father who witnessed his ten-year-old son killed, become obsessed with tracking down the perpetrator himself to accomplish someā¦
From Lynne's list on families struggling to cope after sudden death.
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