The Other Side of the Bridge-Fast Shipping

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From the author of the beloved #1 national bestseller Crow Lake comes an exceptionalnew 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 toughand another world war is looming. Arthur is reticent, solid, dutiful and set to inheritthe farm and his father’s character; Jake is younger, attractive, mercurial and dangerousto 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, thefamily’s next generation, and far too sure he knows the difference between rightand wrong. By now it is the fifties, and the world has changed – a little, but notenough.

These two generations in the small town of Struan, Ontario, are tragicallyinterlocked, linked by fate and community but separated by a war which devours itsyoung men – its unimaginable horror reaching right into the heart of this remotecorner of an empire. With her astonishing ability to turn the ratchet of tensionslowly and delicately, Lawson builds their story to a shocking climax. Taut withapprehension, surprising us with moments of tenderness and humour, The Other Sideof the Bridge is a compelling, humane and vividly evoked novel with an irresistibleemotional undertow.