Not By Accident: Reconstructing a Careless Life

Samantha Dunn has spent much of her life taking chances and collecting injuries. The worst came on a day in the California canyons, when her own horse, frightened and panicking, stepped on her and came close to costing her a leg. The accident made her ask why she kept courting danger, and she found that a run of mishaps often points to trouble lying beneath the surface. Looking back, she could see she had been turning away from the animal's obvious distress, and also from a complicated history and a strained marriage. This memoir traces the long road of her recovery, in which mending her heart proved harder than repairing her body.