The one-way bridge
Subtitle: a novel
By: Cathie Pelletier
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Naperville, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9781402287619
Subjects: Neighbors; Families; Mattagash (Maine : Imaginary place); Mattagash (Me. : Imaginary place); Fiction
Description: Welcome to Mattagash, the last town in the middle of the northern Maine wilderness. The road dead-ends here, but Mattagash's 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 issues?scandals, 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 another's lives and strive to define themselves in a changing world that threatens to leave them behind.