SUMMARY: Everything can change in the blink of an eye. . . On an ordinary London afternoon, a truck swerves across five lanes of traffic and creates a tangle of chaos and confusion. As loved ones wait to hear news and the hospital prepares to receive the injured, a dozen lives hang in the balance.
The best of times: a novel
โ Scribed by Penny Vincenzi
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 333 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
On an ordinary Friday afternoon, on a major motorway outside of London, a trailer truck suddenly and violently swerves across fives lanes of traffic--careening cars into one another like dominoes and leaving a trail of chaos and confusion. Within the space of a minute, an astounding miles-long pileup has amassed. As the survivors await help, their stories unfold.--From publisher description.
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