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Synopsis

Hailed as "beautifully observed" (IThe New York Times) and "a brilliant feat of storytelling" (IThe Boston Globe), Carol Anshaw's INew York Times bestselling novel is one of the most acclaimed books of the year. /PICarry 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, shape their lives to accommodate this single tragic moment. As one character says, "When you add us up, you always have to carry the one." P     Through friendships and love affairs; marriage and divorce; parenthood, holidays, and the modest calamities and triumphs of ordinary days, ICarry 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. P     Even as they take refuge in drugs, social justice, art, and love, Anshaw's characters are engaged in the universal search for the transcendence that accompanies understanding.

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