A grieving mother finds solace from her son’s death in a relationship that quickly blurs the line between friendship and intimacy.By Accident portrays a year in the life of a woman after the accidental death of her teenage son. Laura Lucas is numbed by the loss, a loss that is paralleled in the spate of upscale constructionand attendant destructionin her starter-home neighborhood. It’s about Lauras relationship with a young tree surgeon who slowly becomes a replacement for her sonbut also an object of desire. The story reveals the delicate nexus where solace becomes sex; the role of men and women as unmarried friends; and examines grief in a marriage. It portrays the pain of change and the poignancy of acceptance through Lauras eyes, and occasionally, through the quirky outlook of her ten-year-old daughter. And before the story ends, another brutal, random accident will redefine Lauras life once again.