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Carry the One
2012
 10  1
9.1/10
HARDCOVER
FICTION
English
272
Simon & Schuster
1451636881
9781451636888
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. |
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 The New York Times Sylvia Brownrigg
This novel, Anshaw’s fourth, arrives bearing warm endorsements from Emma Donoghue and Alison Bechdel, whose wry humanism Anshaw shares. |
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Sharply observed and warmly understanding—another fine piece of work from this talented author. |
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Carry the One sits somewhere between a Jonathan Franzen novel and a collection of haiku. A |
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Fiction Writers Review Jennifer Taylor
The novel provides a compelling psychological examination of lives altered by a tragic accident. |
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Bookpage Megan Fishmann
Anshaw's prose in Carry the One is delicate and effortless, flowing from one beautifully believable scene to another. |
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