The One-Way Bridge

By: Cathie Pelletier

Narrated by: Erin Moon

In her highly anticipated new novel, acclaimed literary master Cathie Pelletier returns to Mattagash, Maine, the beloved New England town where it all started.

Welcome to Mattagash, the last town in the middle of the northern Maine wilderness. The road dead-ends here, but Mattagash's citizens are fiercely proud. Yet this simple town connected by a single one-way bridge is anything but tranquil. While neighbors bicker publicly over trivialities such as offensive mailbox designs and gossip about suspicious newcomers, they privately struggle to navigate deeper issues - scandals, loss, failed ambitions, the scars of war - and a mysterious dead body in the woods. With her trademark wit and keen eye for detail, Pelletier has assembled an unforgettable cast of endearing and eccentric characters, from scheming mailmen and peeping toms to lovesick waitresses and loggers whose underhandedness belies their ingenuity. The citizens of Mattagash will make you laugh and cheer for them as they stumble into one another's lives and strive to define themselves in a changing world that threatens to leave them behind. The One-Way Bridge is an extraordinary portrait of family, loneliness, and community - and the kinds of compromises we all make in the name of love.

©2013 Cathie Pelletier (P)2014 Audible Inc.

if only the narration were different

The narrator is just so... Disney. No one from Maine sounds this way. I'd have paid double for a straightforward, no-attempt-at-all-of-the-accents, narration.

Character relations

The over done accents. Lived in Maine and did not hear the overdone vowels. Too much.

The diverse and colorful cast of characters.

Loved the standoff on the bridge! Too much descriptive leading up to main plot. Though overall writing style enjoyable.