Reservation Road
Categories: Literature & Fiction
Reservation Road is a 1998 novel by John Burnham Schwartz. It was adapted into a 2007 film starring Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo. On a summer night in Connecticut, ten-year-old Josh Learner is killed by a hit-and-run driver while his family watches. The driver, Dwight Arno, a lawyer and divorced father, flees the scene. The story alternates between the grieving father, Ethan, his wife, and Dwight as guilt and anger move them toward a confrontation.
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