FIC PACKER In Madison, Wisconsin high school and college sweethearts Carrie Bell and Mike Mayer are having relationship problems - at least Carrie is. Before they can clear the air Mike, trying to win Carrie's attention, foolishly dives into shallow water at a Memorial Day picnic. He is paralyzed. Carrie feels pressure and expectations from all sides: his family, her mother, her best friend, Mike's best friend, Rooster, Mike himself. Carrie finds refuge shut up in her room sewing outfits of her own design. In the middle of one night she leaves and ends up on the doorstep of a high school classmate living in Manhattan. She gets cheap rent and finds romance with an older, emotionally impenetrable man. All this adds to her confusion in her quest both to forgive herself and to embark on a career. As for Mike, you have to read the book!
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