The cover of Swim Back to Me, as you can see, the new book by San Carlos author Ann Packer, bears a picture of a pink candy heart on a fishhook. Perhaps it's a sly rebuke to the unspoken notion of Packer, who appears Thursday at Booksmith in the Haight, as mere "women's fiction" specialist. Yes, the same cover also invokes her bestselling debut novel, The Dive from Clausen's Pier, but in relatively fine print; it's the image that grabs you and gets you wondering: Who would cast such bait? Who would take it? Will this book be a process of reeling in, of tossing back?
The intrepid literary fictioneer presents her work at the Booksmith, 1644 Haight (at Belvedere) at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Admission is free.
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