The Dive From Clausen's Pier (2002) (edit title/settings)

• Rated 4 stars

“A coming of age novel about a Midwest girl whose fiancee becomes a paraplegic.”

• Rated 2 stars

“Heavy. But its been awhile, so I can only recall general theme. ”

• Rated 4 stars

“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, ”

• Rated 3 stars

“pretty good read, but end left something to be desired.....grew to respect the girl for putting herself first, put then it seems by the end, she doesn't. This book was just merely OK in my eyes. ”

• Rated 3 stars

“loved all the madison references. pretty sad though”

• Rated 0 stars

“read August 2003”

• Rated 0 stars

“it's been a long time, but i remember really enjoying this book. love story turned heart-wrenching when one of the two gets paralyzed... what would you do?”

• Rated 5 stars

“One of my favorites! I have leant this to many friends who all fell in love with the characters, too...”

• Rated 2 stars

“I just couldn't relate to the main character...”

• Rated 3 stars

“This book was a good read, but I don't know how much I liked the main character. I felt as if I wanted to tell her what she should do since she didn't seem to know at all. She seemed sort of lost, and by the end of the book i'm still not sure she found what she was looking for.”