The Dive from Clausen's Pier
by Ann Packer
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- ISBN 10
- 0749933313
- ISBN 13
- 9780749933319
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Piatkus, UK, 2002. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade Paperback. 370 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Piatkus, UK, 2002. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Edges of pages are lightly browned. Minor water damage to covers and text. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Carrie Bell was born and raised in Winisconsin. she'a 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 Clusen'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 slef 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. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Drama & Sagas; ISBN: 0749933313. ISBN/EAN: 9780749933319. Inventory No: 22070062.. 9780749933319
Synopsis
Ann Packer received the Great Lakes Book Award for The Dive from Clausen's Pier , which was a national bestseller. She is also the author of Mendocino and Other Stories . She is a past recipient of a James Michener award and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and other magazines, as well as in Prize Stories 1992: The O. Henry Awards . She lives in northern California with her family.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22070062
- Title
- The Dive from Clausen's Pier
- Author
- Ann Packer
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0749933313
- ISBN 13
- 9780749933319
- Publisher
- Piatkus
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; The Dive from Clausen's Pier
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama & Sagas; Fiction;
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