The Woman on the Bridge: You saw The Girl on the Train. You watched The Woman in the Window. Now meet The Woman on the Bridge

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Joseph’s family shelter fugitives and transport weapons. Joseph would never ask Winnie to join the fight; but his mother and sisters demand commitment. Will Winnie choose Joseph, and put her own loved ones in deadly danger? Or wait for a time of peace that may never come? The protagonist of this story was loosely based upon the life of the author's grandmother. A strong woman who was swept up in events not of her choosing, yet keeping her own beliefs and strong personality throughout. Winnie O'Leary lives with her family in Dublin. Starting in 1920, we follow her throughout her life, through Bloody Sunday and the Irish War of Independence, then the Irish Civil War, when her husband was jailed as a political prisoner for his partisan leanings. At the time he was carrying on the affair with Gloria, a.k.a. Estelle, Kahane, a Brooklyn-born, Queens-based Orthodox rabbi, was in need of a pulpit that would serve his own needs first. All his underlying hatred for others seeded the origin for the JDL in the spring of 1968. “We have no great funds, no great influence, so the answer is simple: to do outrageous things,” he told New York Times reporter Michael Kaufman in January 1971. Money had to be raised, though, and it required setting up charitable, tax-exempt foundations. One of them, incorporated in August 1967, a full six months before the official existence of the JDL, bore the name of Estelle Donna Evans.

The violence and deprivation of wartime, the struggles of the men, the courage of the women who had to stand up for their families, their resistance in the shadows or prison, women's rights and the ravages of Spanish flu and tuberculosis are also covered. I was looking forward to starting this one, sounded just like my type of story and it didn’t disappoint. If IF you can forget that in 2022 ( probably ) all of us would stop to see if we could help or at least call for help if we suddenly saw a woman in a wedding dress crying and about to jump off a bridge from our car window BUT few if any of us would actually take the distressed lady home and let them wheedle their way into our lives overnight, then you are in for a great story, I struggled with the idea for a few chapters then threw caution to the wind as the writing was so pleasing and from then on in loved it. Joseph's family shelter fugitives and smuggle weapons. Joseph would never ask Winnie to join the fight; but his mother and sisters demand commitment. Will Winnie choose Joseph, and put her own loved ones in deadly danger? Or wait for a time of peace that may never come? An excellent book taking the reader on an historical journey looking at the troubles in Ireland in the 1920’s. Romance and loyalty runs through this true life story as it is based on the authors family. In particular her grandparents, Winnie and Joseph. I was educated as well, whilst I was reading the novel. My knowledge was very limited on how the Irish war started. Even to this day the problems still exist.Kaufman and Severo decided to confront Kahane with what they’d learned. They engaged him at a television studio in New York, where Kahane had just finished taping The David Susskind Show. Kahane and the two reporters went upstairs to an empty office. But Kahane’s philosophy influenced modern-day thinking about Israel more than people wish to admit. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ever-increasing turn to the hard right, with its entrenched belief that Jews have no future outside Israel and that countries like Iran can be compared to Nazis, parrots many of Kahane’s most incendiary talking points. As the scholar Shaul Magid, author of a forthcoming book on Kahane, wrote in 2016, “These were not the views of much of Zionism for most of its history but today it has arguably become almost normative among members of the coalition.” It’s a very cleverly crafted story, quite complex in its twists. It’s a tale of duplicity and cunning - people are not who they seem but who you can you trust? I ended up being suspicious of everyone, doubting their motives and wondering just how trust worthy they were. I definitely didn’t see the end coming. As you can see, a Dubliner all my life. My parents owned a grocery shop in the Iveagh Markets, in the Liberties area of the city and I guess city blood runs through my veins. Charlotte Is a woman who's been Double-crossed by her childhood friend and will do whatever it takes to stay afloat.

Charlotte drives her Tesla through the countryside, so angry with her oldest friend Anne. As she rapidly approaches a bridge, standing on the edge is a woman, dressed in white and about to plunge into the fast waters below. The Woman on the Bridge is Maggie and thus begins an unusual friendship wrapped around toxicity that blows your mind. How much can life change overnight? Quite a lot it would seem. s Ireland, civil unrest and a country at war wanting to be free and amongst that we have Winnie - working in a shop, can do measurements without tape and likes the simple life. When the shop is damaged it brings a meeting with rebel Joseph. We alone with Winnie are dragged into the cause and finding ourselves caught between sides in the war and the dangers of being a civilian within it let alone the partner of a rebel. The characters are engaging, believable and relatable. The heroine Winifred O’Leary is a strong, driven and inspirational woman who is ahead of her times, battling to eke out an existence in a city fraught with danger. When she crosses paths with rebel Joseph Burke during a disturbance, they gradually fall in love, much to the consternation of their families. The course of their love doesn’t run smoothly as they navigate family politics, hardship, danger and uncertainty, but their determination, courage and commitment shines a light of hope in the face of adversity. Gloria was the youngest, by far, 12 and 14 years younger than her two sisters, Janet and Agnes. Despite the gulf in ages, Gloria and Janet grew particularly close. (Agnes, the eldest, remained more distant.) But that bond did not alter the fact that her sisters had left home, married, bore children, divorced, and remarried before Gloria was fully out of childhood.Estelle and Laura walked along the lower level of the bridge on the Manhattan side. Laura flagged down a passing car. “Help! Help! She wants to jump!” she cried, grasping at any chance she had to save her friend’s life.

He then began pleading with me not to publish the full account of this story. His self-assuredness vanished and he started to stutter. He came to my office. He told me that writing about his affair would torment his ailing mother and inflict pain on his wife and his children. At one point he promised that if I withheld the story he would abandon public life. On another visit he told me a story about a rabbi who as a young man wanted to save all the Jews in the world. In middle age he wanted to save the Jews of Poland, and when he had grown old he hoped to save just one Jew, himself. “I am that rabbi,” he said. Details about Gloria’s adolescence and early adulthood are spotty, even to her own family. Two fall 1961 mentions in the local newspaper, the Bridgeport Post, offer some clues. The first story, on September 24, mentioned Gloria in a write-up of Warren Harding High School’s student council. The next, on October 29, was more serious: Gloria, now 17, had fled Janet’s home and was discovered in the company of a 25-year-old dance instructor and both she and he were arrested on morals charges. Then the paper trail withered away once more, leaving scant information about Gloria’s next few years. Definitely recommend the book, it's different than the author's previous books. I enjoyed the characters, story and writing style. Look forward to reading more books by the author. Loved the cover of the book. Winnie’s mother, Annie, is a strong character who believes in education for girls. Winnie, who wanted a quiet life, is catapulted into drama. She evolves as something of a feminist. There is some interesting detail about home concoctions used as contraception.

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Joseph fights on the side of the rebels but doesn't expect Winnie to play an active part, even though she sympathises with their aims. Torrential rain can make you do crazy things. Charlotte Wilderwood keeps pressing harder on the gas pedal as her little Tesla tries to hug the wet and slippery road. Charlotte has "loss" front and center in her mind. Both of her parents died recently and Charlotte has not been dealing well. She's just been in an automatic sensory mode as of late. But is Maggie the best friend Charlotte has always dreamed about, or the nightmare she never saw coming...

Soon Maggie is staying in Charlotte's home, safely hidden from the man that she was so desperate to escape. The immediate bond between the two women eclipses anything they've ever known and before long they will go to extreme lengths to protect each other. At the heart of the story is Charlotte’s childhood friend, Anne, who wants her out of the way. This made little sense…and as we uncover more details about Anne and her situation I felt it made even less sense. On the worst night of ger life, in the middle of nowhere, lonely Charlotte Wilderwood saves a runaway bride from from falling to her death. Soon Maggie is staying at her home safely hidden from the man she was desperate to escape. The immediate bond between the women eclipses anything they've ever known and before long they will go to extreme lengths to protect each other. But is Maggie the best friend Charlotte had always dreamed about, or the nightmare she never saw coming.... On a dark cold evening Charlotte spots a woman perched atop a bridge, ready to fall. Maggie is trapped, dumped on her wedding day and desperate to end it all. The story is told from multiple points of view and timelines giving you an insight into why each character behave as they do. Believe me when I say you still won’t predict the twists and turns this book contains.I have read and enjoyed all of Holly Seddon’s previous books but this one blows them all out of the water!! The Woman On The Bridge is a celebration of early Irish history with a strong female lead inspired by the writers own family and past. The added letters within the book were a nice added touch and allowed the reader to see correspondence between the sisters and between Joseph & Winnie. Winnie’s story is a typical historical saga, with trouble after trouble piling upon her. It’s not only wars: they also suffer disease, drunken fights, and childbirth. It’s all eminently believable, and an author’s note confirms the inspiration of her grandmother’s oral history. Winnie soldiers on, as she must, earning the label ‘strong woman’. But, despite all her sorrows, the book retains the warmth of hope and of love. I finished this book in less than 24 hours! There is just something so wholesome and nostalgic about historical fiction, especially ones that are set around real historical events. I loved how strong and revolutionary Winnie's character is! Her views on women's rights for the 20s is an amazing thing to witness. I also love how Joseph was just as revolutionary as his wife, he supported her views, he loved her for them and that is a beautiful thing to see. This was a compelling read, with a beautiful setting, the atmosphere was perfectly executed, I felt like I was dropped right into 1920 Dublin and I absolutely loved it.