Simon & Schuster
March 2012
On Sale: March 5, 2012
272 pages ISBN: 1451636881 EAN: 9781451636888 Kindle: B005GG0LJS Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
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. This wise, wry, and erotically
charged novel derives its power and appeal from the author’s
exquisite use of language; her sympathy for her
recognizable, very flawed characters; and her persuasive
belief in the transforming forces of time and love.
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