Carry the one, by Carol Anshaw

Quite the worst for wear, a car full of friends and relatives leave the wedding of Carmen and Matt at 3 AM.  A few miles down the road, driven by a stoned girlfriend who has not even remembered to turn on the headlights, they have an accident that will haunt each of them, in different ways, over the next decades of each of their lives.  Relationships will be changed, some will be destroyed by guilt, and others will turn tragedy into art, social service, and a greater understanding of life.    None of them will be untouched and all are changed forever.  Recommended.  253 pp.