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ANN PACKER
The Dive from Clausen's Pier
Ann Packer
Knopf Publishing
The heroine of The Dive from
Clausen’s Pier is Carrie Bell, a
23-year-old who has dated the
same man for eight years. Her
fiance, Mike, is an all-around
good guy, but Carrie feels she
has been missing something. She is on the verge
of deciding to make a change and try something
new. However, after Mike breaks his neck diving
off a pier, Carrie is forced to make a choice. She
either can stay with Mike and help him through his
struggles as a quadriplegic, or find herself — and a
new 40-year-old lover — in New York City.
Feeling pressure from her friends and Mike’s
family, Carrie embarks on a road trip to New York
and stayjs with a high school acquaintance, Simon,
who is now gay.
This move, along with many others throughout
the book, makes Carrie seem self-involved, how
ever, sffier further reading, author Ann Packer is
makes readers place themselves in Carrie’s
shoes. Many will find they might have taken the
same course of action.
Throughout the book, Carrie constantly battles
between acting on her own feelings and what she
knows is the right thing to do.
While holding Mike’s hand in the hospital, she
thinks to herself, “This is me doing the right thing.
This is me being brave and strong for Mike.”
Through Carrie's memories and in chapter two, read
ers learn of the intimacy between the old Mike and
Carrie, which makes their situation more dramatic.
Carrie realizes how she and Mike came to know
everything about each other, and Packer once again
graces readers with her remarkable insights into
human relationships when she writes, “We were
caretakers of each other's habits and expressions/!
By the end of the book, readers will find th
selves empathizing with Carrie and turning the
final pages with a smile on their face and a i
tears in their eyes. Readers are sure to learn atew
things from Packer about others and most impor
tantly, themselves. (Grade: A)
—Lizette Resendez
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