About the book: Two strangers, opposite coasts, and abridge that silently beckons.
Katie Connelly has lived in San Francisco all her life. Her late father made his career as an ironworker on the Golden Gate Bridge, and the many stories of him trying to save jumpers still haunt her. When she's asked to write a history about the bridge, her research uncovers a secret journal hidden in her father's desk, pages of familiar advice penned by the hand of a stranger. The scribbled words tell of a promise ring and a distant love, clues that Katie hopes may answer her own unresolved sorrow.
Across the country, Dave Riley, a marketing executive in New York, encounters sorrows of his own. As he grasps at straws after tragedy strikes his family, a once whimsical daydream quickly turns into an obsession: he must ride his motorcycle across the Golden Gate Bridge on the Fourth of July.
Does the bridge hold answers for both Katie and Dave? Or will it only add to their heartache? The puzzling words left behind in a long-forgotten journal hold the key to the truth that they will discover on The Other Side of the Bridge.
My review: Wow, I've read some really great books lately! This is one of them. I loved everything about this book! Camron Wright is one of my very favorite authors. He has a way of making the characters in his books jump right off the page and seem so real.
This book starts with Katie. She's a bit of a mystery. From the first chapter, I wasn't quite sure what to think about her. You don't really have all of the pieces of who she is or why she's part of the story. But I liked it that way. I liked her inquisitiveness. She finds a journal and she becomes so obsessed with it that pretty much everything else in her life gets put on the back burner until she can figure out who the author of the journal is, where he came from and what happened to him.
Then there's Dave. I liked Dave from the first. He has a great family, a great life really, but he doesn't see it. At one point, he says to his wife that he's looking for something more. I loved her answer that "Watching my kids grow up, being there with them, with you - I'm living my dream." Dave thinks a lot about that during the rest of the book. I've thought a lot about it as well. I love what she says and I want that for my life as well. I liked watching Dave as he goes through hard things and learns from them. And how to move past them.
This book is interesting in that it has two almost completely separate plot lines. I loved the way that the author did that! It's not something you see very often. It really made this book have texture and depth that it wouldn't have otherwise had. The plot lines were both great for the two characters. And when the plots intersected, wow, magic! I loved the way the book ended, but I'd love to know what happens after the story ends as well!
I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Purchase links: Amazon - Deseret Book
About the author: Camron Wright holds a master's degree in writing and public relations. He says he began writing to get out of attending MBA school, and it proved the better decision. His first book, Letters for Emily, was a Readers Choice award winner, as well as a selection of the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild. In addition to North America, Letters for Emily was published in several foreign countries. Camron lives with his wife, Alicyn, in Utah. They are the parents of four children.
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