A review by susanp
The Accidentals by Minrose Gwin

4.0

Accidentals—migratory birds found outside of their normal geographic range—are the rarest of rarities, according to “A Field Guide to the Birds.” The book “The Accidentals” covers 60 years in the lives of two sisters whose lives are irreparably marred by the shocking death of their mother. While I love Minrose Gwin’s captivating writing style and was fascinated by this book, I thought she was too ambitious in trying to cover almost every heavy topic possible—backwoods abortion, grief, homosexuality, teen pregnancy, racism, cancer, Alzheimer’s, felons’ voting rights, and on and on. Some of the topics seemed unnecessary to the overall storyline. I felt like a teacher telling students, “Your topic is too broad!”