Review: A Blend of History and Today
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2014
As the title implies, on the other side of the bridge there is something close enough that you can see it but you must make the journey across your own bridge to reach it. Two women, related and a generation apart, must cross their own emotional bridges.For Sophia, she is losing all she has ever known because of the occupation of Greece by Nazis and Italians during WWII coupled with the internal national struggle of warring factions. She is impelled on her journey when she is recruited to be part of one of the national factions.For Ava, Sophia's granddaughter, she has lost all that she could have known when her long awaited daughter is stillborn. After a year of struggles with grief and with feeling her husband feels none, her journey begins when she is willed Sophia's home in Greece. Ava flees her home and husband to start a journey of healing and of reconciliation.This is a touching novel blending history, tragedy, and relationships.