Under the Bridge

Name: Under the Bridge
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Anne Bishop
ISBN: 9781773634265

Author: Anne Bishop

Narrator: Sarah Weatherwax

Unabridged: 11 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 10/15/2020

Categories: Fiction, Political

Synopsis

“There are people who break open and make a new, bigger, self. But some of us are … brittle.” When stress causes an old trauma to surface, Lucy, a longtime community organizer, teacher and anti-poverty activist, loses control of her life. On probation and living on the streets of Halifax’s North End, all she has left is friends. Faithful friends like Judith, her lawyer, who is helping her take back her life. Lucy begins to regularly sneak into Judith’s basement to take refuge from the cold, but Lucy’s presence in the house betrays their friendship, and she uncovers mysteries from Judith’s past. As events draw their lives closer, Lucy and Judith are forced to face the toll taken by their secrets. Each of them must choose between confronting past pain or remaining broken.

About Anne Bishop

Born in 1955, Anne Bishop, an American fantasy writer, started her writing career by publishing short stories. She is best known for her award-winning novels, The Black Jewels Trilogy, Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, and Queen of the Darkness. Bishop has also created The Tir Alainn Trilogy, and The Landscapes of Ephemera Series. She is currently residing in upstate New York and when she’s not working on The Others, her newest series, she enjoys gardening, reading and listening to music.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Felicia on January 30, 2019

This is a character driven human interest story done wrong. This story follows Lucy, a woman in her 60's, who has found herself homeless with under-controlled mental illness caused by previous trauma. Which brings me to my biggest gripe about this book. The reader doesn't get a clear picture of the......more

Goodreads review by Robin on April 01, 2019

DNF@40% First let me just say that it isn’t necessarily the books fault I DNF’d it, I’m just an idiot sometimes. I saw this on Netgalley by Anne Bishop on who is on my autobuy list, so I requested it. But it isn’t by Anne Bishop author of The Others series, it is by Anne Bishop community organizer a......more

Goodreads review by Jypsy on January 24, 2019

Under The Bridge is eye opening and sad. It's the story of the homeless and poverty stricken. These people are living on the streets and under bridges in Halifax. It's a gritty raw look at the hunger, dirt, and horrible living conditions. Even shelters aren't much help because they're too overcrowde......more