Mattagash, Maine, is at the end of the road, a quaint little backwoods town with some eccentric, quirky people. A one-way bridge divides the town. For Orville Craft it is the mailboxes up from the bridge and the mailboxes down from the bridge. Orville is making his last week's run delivering the mail. He's been doing it for 13 years but is having second thoughts about his retirement. Harry Plunkett is Orville's nemesis. He's been teasing and tormenting Orville for over 40 years. His latest escapade is a moose mailbox he put up three years ago. Only now, Harry has turned it around backwards, so when Orville arrives with Harry's mail, he has to put it in the back-end of the moose. Only five more days!

Billy Thunder is new in town, telling people he has come in search of his ancestors. His mother was a Fennelson and was raised in Mattagash. Everyone knows about the Fennelson Curse, but no one knows Billy's real reason for being here. Edna Plunkett is in a funk. She thinks she wants a divorce from her husband, wants to run off with a man she only briefly met this past summer and wants to take up a career as an artist.

Each of these four characters examines their life, reflecting on its current status and the direction its heading. Their private surveys of their feelings lead them to make some profound decisions. There are a host of supporting characters that lend their voices to help Orville, Harry, Billy and Edna find their way. Cathie Pelletier has written a wonderful satire about this small fictional town and it's ONE-WAY BRIDGE that joins the town together in support of each other. She incorporates Harry's thoughts as he flashes back to his days in Vietnam and explores the trauma and distress these men live with every day. You will not be disappointed with this engaging story. Put ONE-WAY BRIDGE on your list!