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The Other Side of the Bridge
Mary Lawson
Dial Press Trade Paperback
September 2007
On Sale: August 28, 2007
320 pages ISBN: 0385340389 EAN: 9780385340380 Paperback (reprint)
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Romance
From the author of the beloved #1 national bestseller
Crow Lake comes an exceptional new novel of
jealously, rivalry and the dangerous power of
obsession.
Two brothers, Arthur and Jake Dunn, are
the sons of a farmer in the mid-1930s, when life is tough
and another world war is looming. Arthur is reticent,
solid, dutiful and set to inherit the farm and his
father’s character; Jake is younger, attractive, mercurial
and dangerous to know – the family misfit. When a
beautiful young woman comes into the community, the
fragile balance of sibling rivalry tips over the
edge.
Then there is Ian, the family’s next
generation, and far too sure he knows the difference
between right and wrong. By now it is the fifties, and the
world has changed – a little, but not enough.
These two generations in the small town of Struan,
Ontario, are tragically interlocked, linked by fate and
community but separated by a war which devours its young
men – its unimaginable horror reaching right into the
heart of this remote corner of an empire. With her
astonishing ability to turn the ratchet of tension slowly
and delicately, Lawson builds their story to a shocking
climax. Taut with apprehension, surprising us with moments
of tenderness and humour, The Other Side of the
Bridge is a compelling, humane and vividly evoked
novel with an irresistible emotional
undertow.
Arthur found himself staring down at
the knife embedded in his foot. There was a surreal split
second before the blood started to well up and then up it
came, dark and thick as syrup.
Arthur looked at
Jake and saw that he was staring at the knife. His
expression was one of surprise, and this was something
that Arthur wondered about later too. Was Jake surprised
because he had never considered the possibility that he
might be a less than perfect shot? Did he have that much
confidence in himself, that little self-doubt?
Or
was he merely surprised at how easy it was to give in to
an impulse, and carry through the thought which lay in
your mind? Simply to do whatever you wanted to do, and
damn the consequences. –from The Other Side of
the Bridge
From the Hardcover
edition.
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