'The Dive From Clausen's Pier is one of those small miracles that reinforce our faith in fiction. It is witty, tragic and touching, and beguiling from the first page' SCOTT TUROW Carrie Bell was born and raised in Wisconsin. She's had the same best friend, the same good relationship with her mother, the same boyfriend for as long as anyone can remember. She is already quietly bored with Mike when he is horrifically injured in a diving accident at Clausen's Reservoir. Now the future that Carrie was only beginning to rebel against looks set in stone. Everyone thinks they know what Carrie will - and ought to - do. But Carrie is caught in a maze of moral dilemmas and is forced to question everything she thought she knew about herself. It is a moment of terrifying confusion, but also of mesmerising possibility. A rich, deeply satisfying debut novel about the desire to live fully, about loyalty and self-knowledge, and the conflict between who we want to be to others and who we must be for ourselves. 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. 'a reflective and probing first novel. Very fine fiction indeed' Kirkus Reviews
Title: The Dive from Clausen's Pier
Author: Ann Packer
Publisher: Piatkus
Year: 2002
Number of pages: 369
ISBN: 9780749933319
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