Coincidence: A Novel

What determines the course of our lives? Chance . . . or destiny?

On Midsummeramp;#39;s Day, 1982, three-year-old Azalea Ives is found alone at a seaside fairground.

One year later, her motheramp;#39;s body washes up on a beachamp;#8212;her link to Azalea unnoticed.

On Midsummeramp;#39;s Day, 1992, her adoptive parents are killed in a Ugandan rebel uprising; Azalea is narrowly rescued by a figure from her past.

Terrified that she, too, will meet her fate on Midsummeramp;#39;s Day, Azalea approaches Thomas Post, an expert in debunking coincidences. Azaleaamp;#39;s past, he insists, is randomamp;#8212;but as Midsummeramp;#39;s Day approaches, he worries that she may bring fate upon herself.