The Bridge Ladies: A Memoir Hardcover – Deckle Edge, May 3, 2016 by
From the Publisher.
A fifty-year-old Bridge game provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between a daughter and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on a powerfully personal literary journey, where we learn a little about Bridge and a lot about life.
After a lifetime defining herself in contrast to her mother’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” generation, Lerner finds herself back in her childhood home, not five miles from the mother she spent decades avoiding. When Roz needs help after surgery, it falls to Betsy to take care of her. She expected a week of tense civility; what she got instead were the Bridge Ladies. Impressed by their loyalty, she saw something her generation lacked. Facebook was great, but it wouldn’t deliver a pot roast.
Tentatively at first, Betsy becomes a regular at her mother’s Monday Bridge club. Through her friendships with the ladies, she is finally able to face years of misunderstandings and family tragedy, the Bridge table becoming the common ground she and Roz never had.
By turns darkly funny and deeply moving, The Bridge Ladies is the unforgettable story of a hard-won—but never-too-late—bond between mother and daughter.
Worth Getting in Bed For? Yes. This is a charming sociological commentary on the women’s move me as well as relationships between mothers and daughters. Lerner chronicles the hopes and dreams of the bridge participants as well as their habits, including dress and drink. This really is heartfelt at times and humorous. Immensely relatable and enjoyable.
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About the Author
Betsy Lerner is the author of The Forest for the Trees and Food and Loathing. She is a recipient of the Thomas Wolfe Poetry Prize, an Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize, and the Tony Godwin Prize for Editors, and was selected as one of PEN’s Emerging Writers. Lerner is a partner with the literary agency Dunow, Carlson & Lerner and resides in New Haven, Connecticut.
Find out more about Betsy at her website, and connect with her on Facebook and Twitter.
Heather J. @ TLC said:
Having a group of friends you get together with long-term can be so rewarding!
Thanks for being a part of the tour.
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Literary Feline said:
I do not read a lot of memoirs, but I do enjoy stories about mother and daughter relationships. My own relationship with my mother is up and down. And now that I have a daughter of my own, it adds a new layer to the whole mother/daughter relationship thing.
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Hfineisen said:
Mother/ daughter relationships are seemingly so complex which made the book that much more relatable. Thanks for the thoughtful comment. Happy Reading!
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Diane Coto said:
Wow! Personally, I know a thing or two about hard-won—but never-too-late—bonds between a mother and daughter. Great review. 🙂
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Hfineisen said:
THANKS for the nice comment. This sounds like a book you could relate to.
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