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Product Identifiers
PublisheriUniverse, Incorporated
ISBN-100595336868
ISBN-139780595336869
eBay Product ID (ePID)44460190
Product Key Features
Book TitleCharlotte's Bridge
Number of Pages328 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterary, Historical
Publication Year2004
GenreFiction
AuthorDavid Spruance
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight17.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisCharlotte's Bridge tells the story of a girl's coming of age at the turn of the last century whose life is haunted by two images: One, the conjured, idyllic face of her mother who died giving birth to Charlotte; the other, the body, encased in a block of ice, of a man murdered by her father and half brothers. Against a backdrop in which constant changes produce coincidentally marvelous and frightening experiences, Charlotte Hutchison escapes the sordid, hostile, and criminal world of her childhood to create a life among the civilized people of the town across the river from her natal home. Pursuing what she believes is the purity of her mother's legacy and desperately seeking to sever the present from her past through acceptance and love, Charlotte clutches at stability, security, and respectability. Yet a dark secret plagues her, compromising her ideals and engendering ambivalence towards her friends, her marriage, motherhood, and ultimately her religion. Each reaction, each choice, each step she takes towards the fulfillment of her dreams ironically generates doubts and trials challenging her faith in her worthiness and leaving her with a tenuous and precarious grasp on reality.