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The Other Side of the Bridge

Mary Lawson

Hardcover | Pages: 296 pages

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Title	:	The Other Side of the Bridge
Author	:	Mary Lawson
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 296 pages
Published	:	September 26th 2006 by The Dial Press
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Canada

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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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Original Title:	The Other Side of the Bridge
ISBN:	0385340370 (ISBN13: 9780385340373)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Canada
Literary Awards:	Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2006), Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Nominee (2006), RSL Encore Award Nominee (2007)

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There is a place in northern Ontario, Canada called Struan. Its a small town where the summers are green and young boys fish in Crow Lake and the winters are brutally cold and the roads are so deeply covered with snow that they keep people in. Its a place where men are loggers, farmers or sawmill workers , or the one doctor caring for them all delivering babies, caring for sick children or trying to save the logger stabbed in a bar fight. Its a place of families with good sons and bad sons,

Ive been sobbing for the past 15 minutes. What an absolutely beautiful book.

Just as with her book 'Crow Lake', I was instantly immersed into the two parallel story lines - one set in the past when Arthur and Jake are brothers growing up in Struan, Northern Ontario, two boys that couldn't be more different but nevertheless are tied by their family bond and outside expectations; the other set in the future where Arthur is a father and farmer, married to Laura, both seen through the eyes of their young farm help Ian, a boy who has to make his own difficult decisions and

"This is a book you will be driven to share with friends."So says The Gazette in Montreal, and I'm echoing it here.This was November's book selection for the book club I never seem to get to, and because I hadn't finished the book by the time the meeting rolled around, and I didn't want it spoiled for me, I didn't go this time either. Having just finished it a few minutes ago, I am definitely glad I waited.I read this book essentially in three sittings. I started it during a silent reading class

I recently read Crow Lake and thought it was flawless. In this one, I found the plot cloying and predictable. And the character of Jake was one dimensional. I was disappointed.

There is a place in northern Ontario, Canada called Struan. Its a small town where the summers are green and young boys fish in Crow Lake and the winters are brutally cold and the roads are so deeply covered with snow that they keep people in. Its a place where men are loggers, farmers or sawmill workers , or the one doctor caring for them all delivering babies, caring for sick children or trying to save the logger stabbed in a bar fight. Its a place of families with good sons and bad sons,

I didn't exactly choose to read this book - Mary Lawson's acclaimed follow-up to her first novel, Crow Lake. It would be more accurate to say I was sort of cornered into it. An English instructor at the small university where I work as a librarian asked me to give a research instruction workshop on literary databases for her students who had been assigned to write an analytical essay about the book. She (the instructor) had picked Lawson's book for the class because, as she put it, it's a bit