Mary Lawson explores the relationships of three people brought together by fate and the mistakes of the past in this gripping, darkly domestic tale
The Other Side of the Bridge
Written by Mary Lawson
- Longlisted
- The Man Booker Prize 2006
- Published by Chatto & Windus
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Mary Lawson’s quietly powerful family drama is a heart-breaking story about tempting fate and living with the consequences
Arthur and Jake are brothers yet worlds apart. Arthur is older, shy, dutiful and set to inherit his father’s farm. Jake is younger, handsome and reckless, a dangerous man to know. When Laura arrives in their rural community, the fragile balance of the brothers’ rivalry is pushed to the edge of catastrophe…
Mary Lawson
Mary Lawson has been longlisted for the Booker Prize twice, first in 2006 and again in 2021
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