Ann Packer received the Great Lakes Book Award and the Kate Chopin Writing Award for THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S, a national bestseller that has been translated into ten languages. Also the author of Mendocino and Other Stories, she lives in northern California with her family.

* 'One for Maggie O'Farrell or Anita Shreve fans BOOKSELLER * 'The extraordinary authority of Packer's voice lies in her refusal to make heroes of the victims of mischance or villains out of the friends, lovers and family members who sometimes fail them' NEW YORK TIMES * 'Packer follows her well-received first novel, The Dive from Clausen's Pier, with a richly nuanced meditation on the place of friendship in women's lives PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Ann Packer received the Great Lakes Book Award and the Kate Chopin Writing Award for THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S, a national bestseller that has been translated into ten languages. Also the author of Mendocino and Other Stories, she lives in northern California with her family.

* 'One for Maggie O'Farrell or Anita Shreve fans BOOKSELLER * 'The extraordinary authority of Packer's voice lies in her refusal to make heroes of the victims of mischance or villains out of the friends, lovers and family members who sometimes fail them' NEW YORK TIMES * 'Packer follows her well-received first novel, The Dive from Clausen's Pier, with a richly nuanced meditation on the place of friendship in women's lives PUBLISHERS WEEKLY