The Broken Bridge: Library Edition

Pullman, Philip

ISBN 10: 1441875700 ISBN 13: 9781441875709

Publisher: Brilliance Audio, 2011

Synopsis

Over the course of a long summer in Wales, 16-year-old Ginny, the mixed-race, artistic daughter of an English father and a Haitian mother, learns that she has a half-brother from her father's earlier marriage, and that her own mother may still be alive. Book available.

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Review

When 16-year-old Ginny discovers that her father has a secret son she realises that everything that previously made her feel so safe and secure is a lie. As she tries to restore her faith in her father and herself, she comes face to face with unforgettable truths and long-forgotten tragedies that will change her life dramatically and forever.

The Broken Bridge is a stunning novel by Philip Pullman, the award-winning author of Northern Lights and The Subtle Knife. The teenager-in- turmoil, so familiar and often so very strange, is treated with a respect and sensitivity that moves the story up a notch, allowing the sizzling and compelling drama that unfolds between the pages to paint a potent picture of a girl on her own voyage of discovery. Pullman has triumphed again, proving that clever and sympathetic writing can easily be coupled with dramatic storytelling at its very best. --Susan Harrison

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"The emotional truths that Pullman reveals are so heartfelt and raw that they hardly read like fiction." (Publisher's Weekly)

"An intriguing mystery that keeps the reader guessing and turning the pages until the very end." (Horn Book Review)

About this edition

• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1441875700
• ISBN 13: 9781441875709
• Binding: Audio CD