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Author:

Lerner, Betsy.

Title:

The bridge ladies : a memoir / Betsy Lerner.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harper Wave,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

299 p. 24 cm.

Subject:

Lerner, Betsy.
Literary agents--United States--Biography.
Bridge clubs--Social aspects--United States.
Women bridge players--United States.
Female friendship--United States.
Intergenerational relations--United States.
Mothers and daughters--United States.
Older women--United States--Social life and customs.

Summary:

"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 alifetime 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 totake 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, Betsybecomes 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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0062354469
9780062354464

LCCN:

2015043022

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