Interview with Ann Packer

Victoria Lautman with Richard Russo, photo courtesy Rachelle Bowden.

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Ann Packer / November 20, 2007 / Songs Without Words

Anne Packer With her best-selling debut novel, The Dive From Clausen's Pier (2002), Ann Packer established herself as a writer unafraid to explore intense emotions and uncomfortable situations. Her second novel, Songs Without Words, also mixes calamity, friendship, love, and the unexpected choices people make in their lives. What happens to the decades-long friendship of two middle-aged women in the aftershock of personal crisis? Neither acts as they might have predicted. Packer once more nails the nuances of modern angst and personal suffering, and discusses her intense working methods in this interview.

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