![]() ![]() The route home meandered through Los Altos Hills, with its large houses sitting in the shadows of old oak trees and dense groves of eucalyptus. It was the first week of eighth grade, and I sat alone near the back of the school bus: a short, scrawny honor-roll boy with small hands and big ears. She's a genius at revealing what we really ought to know.Īnn Packer is author of two bestselling novels, " Songs Without Words" and " The Dive from Clausen's Pier." Her latest book, " Swim Back to Me," is a collection of short stories. ![]() All in leafy settings that ought to suggest a calmer world. In a new collection of work, Packer goes at sex, drugs, death, abandonment. In her bestseller "The Dive From Clausen's Pier" she won legions of fans with a story of one fateful dive and its all-too-human fallout. Novelist Ann Packer goes right for the toughest human interactions and brings them with a kind of cool compassion that tells all, feels all, but does not exactly judge. Writer Ann Packer won rave reviews with "The Dive from Clausen’s Pier." We’ll talk with her about her latest work: "Swim Back To Me." Twitter facebook Email This article is more than 12 years old. ![]()
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