Carrie Bell's life is all planned out for her. She is supposed to stay in the small Wisconsin town she grew up in. She is supposed to marry her high school sweetheart, Mike, surrounded by her friends who have known her all her life. But Carrie is starting to feel trapped. Surely there is more out there for her. The only problem is, she is not sure how to leave. When Mike is paralysed after a diving accident, Carrie feels like she is suffocating. So she packs her bags and heads for New York where she is faced with a whole new set of challenges, including a new man in her life who is nothing like Mike. When Carrie returns home for a friend's wedding, she is confronted with everything she left behind: her friends she hasn't been there for and Mike. Will she stay in Wisconsin and try to put back what once was or will being back home make her want to run right back to New York? Throughout the story the reader can feel the very real emotions and moral complexity Carrie faces in making decisions that not only impact her life but the lives of those around her. (JE)
