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A suspenseful, richly layered first novel that asks: How much do we owe the people we love? THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S PIER will speak to all those who have ever thought about leaving when they knew they should stay, anyone who has ever felt trapped, not only by circumstance, but by the strength of their own love, Carrie Bell has lived in Wisconsin all her life. She's had the same best friend, the same good relationship with her mother, the same boyfriend, for as long as anyone can remember. But when her fiance, Mike is paralyzed by a tragic accident, Carrie has to question everything she thought she knew about herself and about the meaning of home. Ann Packer has written a morally complex, deeply satisfying novel about the desire to live fully and the conflict between who we want to be to others and who we must be for ourselves. A magnificent debut from a remarkable new talent.
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“An intricatelydetailed, deeply felt, compelling, and ultimately surprising portrait of ayoung woman facing an unbearable loss…Surprisingly suspenseful…By the end ofthis wonderfully satisfying novel, it’s clear why Carrie is too complex acharacter to take the easy way out.”
— San Francisco Chronicle
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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.”
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“Intricately detailed, deeply felt, compelling, and utterly surprising…Wonderfully satisfying.”
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“Gracefully written and provocative…An elegant book.”
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“A graceful writer…A quietly provocative novel…Packer has a wonderfully optimistic yet realistic view of humanity.”
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“[Packer] plays the slower rhythms of Madison against the Broadway boogie-woogie of Manhattan to great effect.”
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“A winning debut novel.”
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“Remarkably assured, utterly winning…Packer’s characters scramble up…as terrifically physical beings, so well does she describe them.”
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“Rich with characters and restrained in its language, Packer’s novel is, first and foremost, a great story.”
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“Packer knows just where she wants to take us…[and] the journey is worth taking.”
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“Multilayered…Absolutely credible and quite surprising.”
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“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.”
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“Packer’s novel explores how life itself can confront ordinary human beings with daunting moral dilemmas.”
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“Impressive…Packer skillfully distills broad themes into small, personal moments…A thoughtful and satisfying examination of duty and personal integrity.”
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“[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.”
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“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.”
— Scott Turow
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Winner of a 2003 YALSA Alex Award
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A New York Times bestseller
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A USA Today bestseller
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A New York Public Library Book for Teens
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A 2002 New York Times Book Review Notable Book
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Winner of Alex Award - YALSA, 2003
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About Ann Packer
Ann Packer is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Songs Without Words and The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, the latter of which received a Great Lakes Book Award, an American Library Association Award, and the Kate Chopin Literary Award. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, the Washington Post, Vogue, and Real Simple. She lives in northern California with her family.
About Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson is an actress best known for her work in films like Lost in Translation, The Nanny Diaries, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Avengers, and Hitchcock. She began acting as a child, and her role in the movie The Horse Whisperer brought her critical acclaim at the age of thirteen. Also a singer, Johansson released her first album in 2008 with musician Pete Yorn.