Returing to his hometown of Eno, North Carolina, with his family after he is fired from his job in New York, newspaper cartoonist Pick Cantrell must face the ghosts of his past in the form of family matriarch and his childhood nemesis Mama Lucy, which leads him on a journey of self-discovery filled with dark secrets, family, love, and forgiveness. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.
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Marlette is one of the best new writers Ive read in a long time....[The Bridge] is absolutely compelling. (ELLE Magazine (Reader’s Prize))
“Marlette masterfully evokes the fierce familial bonds that can either devastate or liberate the human spirit.” (--Booklist)
“The fiction debut of a gifted and perceptive artist....Engaging.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Impressive...Engaging...[Marlette] is a talented novelist.” (Raleigh News & Observer)
“Marlette’s prose has a straightforward immediacy.” (New York Times Book Review)
“The Bridge [is] a well-written, engrossing tale....An impressive debut and powerful read.” (Charlotte Observer)
“..one of the best novels to come out of the South in recent years.” (Rhett Jackson, THE HAPPY BOOKSELLER (for Book Sense 76))
The Bridge [is] a great story--exuberant, proud, myth-challenging. A hugely ambitious novel. (Valerie Sayers, The Washington Post Book World)
“[The Bridge]...contains just the right mix of humor and dignity. Recommended.” (Library Journal)
“An exceptional first novel from a multi-talented author: gripping, exciting, moving, challenging, illuminating.” (--Jay Hollenberger, Crossroads Market Bookstore, Houston, TX)
Doug Marlette is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. He lives in North Carolina with his wife and son. The Bridge is his first novel.
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