{"product_id":"the-oneway-bridge","title":"The One-Way Bridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If you liked Olive Kitteridge  youll love The One-Way Bridge.\"Lee Smith  author of The Last Girls In her highly anticipated new novel  acclaimed literary master Cathie Pelletier returns to Mattagash  Maine  the beloved New England town where it all started. Welcome to Mattagash  the last town in the middle of the northern Maine wilderness. The road dead-ends here  but Mattagashs citizens are fiercely proud. Yet this simple town connected by a single one-way bridge is anything but tranquil. While neighbors bicker publicly over trivialities such as offensive mailbox designs and gossip about suspicious newcomers  they privately struggle to navigate deeper issuesscandals  loss  failed ambitions  the scars of war...and a mysterious dead body in the woods. With her trademark wit and keen eye for detail  Pelletier has assembled an unforgettable cast of endearing and eccentric characters  from scheming mailmen and peeping toms to lovesick waitresses and loggers whose underhandedness belies their ingenuity. The citizens of Mattagash will make you laugh and cheer for them as they stumble into one anothers lives and strive to define themselves in a changing world that threatens to leave them behind. The One-Way Bridge is an extraordinary portrait of family  loneliness  and communityand the kinds of compromises we all make in the name of love. Praise for The One-Way Bridge: \"Cathie Pelletier is one of my favorite novelists  and shes at the top of her game with The One-Way Bridge.\"Wally Lamb  author of Shes Come Undone \"The One-Way Bridge is the novel Cathie Pelletier fans have long awaited. Her Mattagash  Maine  is one of the most fully realized fictional locales Ive ever visited  its geography as vivid and precise as any actual place  its citizens as real and compelling as our own friends and neighbors.\"Richard Russo  author of Empire Falls \"In her new book  Cathie Pelletiers brilliantly drawn  true-to-life characters break your heart and make you laugh at the same time  a rare talent indeed.\"Fannie Flagg  author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Caf\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44965092851765,"sku":"ByrdShop_1402280734","price":88.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781402280733.jpg?v=1770488520","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-oneway-bridge","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}