The Dive from Clausen's Pier (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375727139)

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.

Author: Ann Packer
ISBN-10: 0375727132
ISBN-13: 9780375727139
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2003
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.22w x 0.91d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 22
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 68500 / Dive from Clausen's Pier

Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2003 pg. 1388
New York Times 04/13/2003 pg. 28
Kliatt 07/01/2003 pg. 25
Library Journal 06/01/2004 pg. 201
Library Journal 08/01/2004 pg. 132