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The Dive From Clausen's Pier

by Ann Packer
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How much do we owe the people we love? Is it a sign of strength or weakness to walk away from someone in need? These questions lie at the heart of Ann Packer’s intimate and emotionally thrilling new novel, which has won its author comparisons with Jane Hamilton and Sue Miller.
At the age of twenty-three Carrie Bell has spent her entire life in Wisconsin, with the same best friend and the same dependable, easygoing, high school sweetheart. Now to her dismay she has begun to find this life suffocating and is considering leaving it–and Mike–behind. But when Mike is paralyzed in a diving accident, leaving seems unforgivable and yet more necessary than ever. The Dive from Clausen’s Pier animates this dilemma–and Carrie’s startling response to it–with the narrative assurance, exacting realism, and moral complexity we expect from the very best fiction.
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Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Kindle Book

  • Release date: July 30, 2002

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781400040537
  • Release date: July 30, 2002

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781400040537
  • File size: 2393 KB
  • Release date: July 30, 2002
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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Fiction Literature Romance

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.4
Lexile® Measure:830
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:4-5

How much do we owe the people we love? Is it a sign of strength or weakness to walk away from someone in need? These questions lie at the heart of Ann Packer’s intimate and emotionally thrilling new novel, which has won its author comparisons with Jane Hamilton and Sue Miller.
At the age of twenty-three Carrie Bell has spent her entire life in Wisconsin, with the same best friend and the same dependable, easygoing, high school sweetheart. Now to her dismay she has begun to find this life suffocating and is considering leaving it–and Mike–behind. But when Mike is paralyzed in a diving accident, leaving seems unforgivable and yet more necessary than ever. The Dive from Clausen’s Pier animates this dilemma–and Carrie’s startling response to it–with the narrative assurance, exacting realism, and moral complexity we expect from the very best fiction.
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Fiction Literature Romance