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Suffocated by her unexceptional life, Carrie Bell longs for a chance to begin again, and is granted that chance, terribly, when her fiancé is injured in an accident. This is a riveting novel about self-knowledge and the conflict between who we want to be to others and who we must be for ourselves.

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Carrie Bell is the worst person in the world. Or so she would have you think. In the gripping, carefully paced debut novel of personal epiphany, The Dive from Clausen's Pier, by O. Henry Award winner Ann Packer, Carrie's very survival is dependent upon her leaving her fiancé, even after he dives into shallow water at a Memorial Day picnic and becomes paralyzed. Things hadn't been going so well for the Madison, Wisconsin, high school and college sweethearts. Carrie knew, deep down, that she wasn't going to become Mrs. Michael Mayer. But expectations and pressure from all sides--his family, her mother, her best friend Jamie, Mike's best friend Rooster--force Carrie to shut herself up in her room and sew outfits of her own design as if in a trance. Then one night she slips out of the only universe she's ever known. Many hours later she finds herself on the doorstep of a high school classmate living in Manhattan. Carrie's adventures in the city--quirky roommates and a new romance with an older, emotionally impenetrable man--confuse her in her quest both to forgive herself and to embark on a career in fashion design. Packer writes in a convincing voice and packs a lot into this novel; she infuses Carrie with enough humanity and smarts to choose her own version of "happily ever after." --Emily Russin
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“Packer knows just how to make a story build: the novel reveals a sure sense of pace and pitch, a brilliant ear for character . . . a searching emotional generosity.” –The New York Times Book Review

“Intricately detailed, deeply felt, compelling and utterly surprising. . . . Wonderfully satisfying.” –The Boston Globe

“Gracefully written and provocative. . . . An elegant book.” –The Washington Post Book World

“[Packer's] characters seem observed rather than invented, and capable of mistakes that the author may never have intended. The result is genuine suspense.” –The New Yorker

“A graceful writer . . . a quietly provocative novel. . . . Packer has a wonderfully optimistic yet realistic view of humanity.” –Katharine Weber, Chicago Tribune

“One of those small miracles that reinforce our faith in fiction. It does what the best novels so often do, making the largest things visible by its perfect rendering of life on the smaller scale. It is witty, tragic, and touching, and beguiling from its first page.” –Scott Turow

“An intricately detailed, deeply felt, compelling and ultimately surprising portrait of a young woman facing an unbearable loss . . . surprisingly suspenseful. . . . By the end of this wonderfully satisfying novel, it’s clear why Carrie is too complex a character to take the easy way out.” –Jane Ciabattari, San Francisco Chronicle

“[The Dive from Clausen's Pier] has an affinity with the work of Rosellen Brown . . . and Anne Tyler. . . . Packer writes with a rare density of detail and ideas, and it’s just possible that the reader will be wiser at the end of the book than she was at the beginning.” –Laurie Muchnick, Newsday

“Packer’s novel explores how life itself can confront ordinary human beings with daunting moral dilemmas.” –USA Today

“A fast, absorbing read. . . . Packer . . . [has] written a first novel whose subject easily transcends the page.” –Entertainment Weekly

“[Packer] plays the slower rhythms of Madison against the Broadway boogie-woogie of Manhattan to great effect.” –The Economist

“A winning debut novel.” –Vogue

“Ambitious . . . both a colorful chronicle of life in Wisconsin and New York City . . . and a serious, moving meditation on the nature of love and of loyalty.” –Glamour

“Impressive . . . Packer skillfully distills broad themes into small, personal moments . . . a thoughtful and satisfying examination of duty and personal integrity.” –Time Out New York

“Remarkably assured, utterly winning. . . . Packer’s characters scramble up from these pages as terrifically physical beings, so well does she describe them.” –Miami Herald

“Absorbing . . . the suspense of the book’s last pages is intense and moving.” –Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Rich with characters and restrained in its language, Packer’s novel is, first and foremost, a great story. –Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Fresh, contemporary, and fast-paced . . . a powerful and compelling read.” –Baltimore Sun

“Packer knows just where she wants to take us . . . [and] the journey is worth taking.” –Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“Multilayered...absolutely credible and quite surprising.” –Seattle Times

“A book I couldn’t let go for days after finishing. . . . This book will make you think, so read it and pass it on to a friend.” –Winston-Salem Journal

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  • PublisherPiatkus
  • Publication date2007
  • ISBN 10 074993834X
  • ISBN 13 9780749938345
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages384
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