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A catastrophic industrial accident sparks a novel exploring immigration, friendship, masculinity, family, and grief.
In 1970, newly married 22-year-old Italian immigrant Antonello is working as a rigger on the West Gate Bridge, a gleaming monument to a modern city. When the bridge collapses one October morning, killing 35 of his workmates, his world crashes down on him.
In 2009, Jo and her best friend, Ashleigh, are on the verge of finishing high school and flush with the possibilities for their future. But one terrible mistake sets Jo’s life on a radically different course.
Inspired by a real-life tragic industrial accident, The Bridge is a profoundly moving novel that examines class, guilt, and moral culpability. Yet it shows that even the most harrowing of situations can give way to forgiveness and redemption. Ultimately, it is a testament to survival and the resilience of the human spirit.
“One of the most profoundly moving and beautiful books I have read all year, brimming with love, honesty, and insight. A true gem of a novel.”
—Alice Pung
“A poignant novel which examines class, grief, guilt and moral culpability, The Bridge, weaves together two vastly different yet interrelated narratives.”
—Il Globo
“An exquisite historical novel.”
—Maxine Beneba Clarke, author of Foreign Soil