“Chilling....Thereisagrittyhonestytohercautionaryconfessionthatwillalertotherstolistenforandrespondtowake-upcallsoftheirown.“--NewYorkTimesBookReviewSlowMotionisthecritically-laudedbestsellingmemoirfromacclaimednovelistDaniShapiro(Black&White,FamilyHistory)--a“riveting“and“breathtaking“look(SanFranciscoChronicle),freeofself-pityorregret,atalifethatwasrescuedbyanunspeakabletragedy.Attwenty-three,DaniShapirowasinthemidstofamajorrebellionagainstherreligiousupbringing.Shehaddroppedoutofcollege,washalfheartedlyactingintelevisioncommercials,andwascarryingonwithanoldermarriedmanwhenherlifewaschanged,inaninstant,byaphonecall.Herparentshadbeeninadevastatingcaraccident.Neitherwasexpectedtosurvive.Inherfirstmemoir,Shapirooffersthispowerfultruestoryofalifeturnedaround--notbymiraclesorhappyendings,butbyunexpectedpersonalcatastrophe.
