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Ann Packer is the acclaimed author of two collections of short fiction, Swim Back to Me and Mendocino and Other Stories, and three bestselling novels, The Children's Crusade, Songs Without Words, and The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, which received the Kate Chopin Literary Award, among many other prizes and honors. Her short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and in the O. Henry Prize Stories anthologies, and her novels have been published around the world.
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	The Dive from Clausen's Pier 3.45 avg rating — 25,304 ratings — published 2002 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Children's Crusade 3.52 avg rating — 7,773 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Songs Without Words 3.04 avg rating — 5,132 ratings — published 2007 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swim Back to Me 3.29 avg rating — 2,335 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mendocino and Other Stories 3.49 avg rating — 604 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some Bright Nowhere 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Babies 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“How Much Do We Owe People We Love?”
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“A broken heart can masquerade as a cold one.”
― Ann Packer, The Children's Crusade

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“It paid barely a living wage, but he stayed with it—gradually and in the end gratefully arriving at the point in life when you understand there are no great changes ahead.”
― Ann Packer

tags: aging, fathers-and-daughters, insightful

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July's genre is general/literary fiction and since it's summer, I thought we would read women's fiction with a bit of a lighter fare. This poll will end on June 10th.

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fannie Flagg

3 votes, 60.0%

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Rebecca Wells

1 vote, 20.0%

Songs Without Words

Ann Packer

1 vote, 20.0%

Garden Spells

Sarah Addison Allen

0 votes, 0.0%

If You Could See Me Now

Cecelia Ahern

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Mrs Kimble

Jennifer Haigh

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