You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
None
A book about rubber bridge, where the four characters play and hold conversations about the curious laws of the game.
Typed research paper for Rudy's English class. The item deals with e-mails from Hasler's grandparents which focus both on daily activities and on early personal history.
Once in a while, wrote Mary Lavin, a book comes out under a lucky star. Tales from Bective Bridge was lucky in its day. Its day was some time in 1943 when it was awarded the prestigious James Tait Black Memorial Prize. This edition includes a new introduction by writer and critic Evelyn Conlon.
None
The Comfort of Figs is the unforgettable story of the birth of a city, the power of obsession and the burden of a family secret. As a city is made, a family's destiny is changed forever. 1939. A bridge is built, and a country town becomes a city. Three young men forge a close friendship as they lab our precariously high above the river, but one slip transforms their lives. A generation later, Robbie, a young landscaper, is grappling with those who should be closest to him - his father, whose past is linked with the iconic bridge, and his girlfriend, Freya, who is left shattered after a vicious assault.
London, 1940. After her fiance breaks off their engagement, Evelyn decides to do her part for the war effort by signing up for construction work on Waterloo Bridge. Grieving after her little boy dies in an air raid, Gwen is completely lost when her husband sends their younger children to the countryside for safety. Enlisting as a construction worker, she is partnered with cheerful Evelyn. The two women strike up a heartwarming friendship. Musical prodigy Joan's life has always been dictated by her controlling mother. When an affair nearly ends in scandal, Joan finally takes her life into her own hands. She soon finds work at Waterloo Bridge. Yet there are other troubles for her to overcome?...