| Edition |
First Simon and Schuster hardcover/trade pbk. edition. |
| Description |
253 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
Carry the One begins in the hours following Carmen's wedding reception, when a car filled with stoned, drunk, and sleepy guests accidentally hits and kills a girl on a dark country road. For the next twenty-five years, those involved, including Carmen and her brother and sister, craft their lives in response to this single tragic moment. As one character says, "When you add us up, you always have to carry the one." Through friendships and love affairs; marriage and divorce; parenthood, holidays, and the modest calamities and triumphs of ordinary days, Carry the One shows how one life affects another and how those who thrive and those who self-destruct are closer to each other than we'd expect. As they seek redemption through addiction, social justice, and art, Anshaw's characters reflect our deepest pain and longings, our joys, and our transcendent moments of understanding. |
| Subject |
Life change events -- Fiction.
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Female friendship -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781451636888 hardcover |
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1451636881 hardcover |
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9781451656930 paperback |
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1451656939 paperback |
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