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      Mrs. Bridge

      by Evan S. Connell
      Published
      Jan 1959
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      NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST: "A perfect novel" that chronicles the lives of a wealthy family in 1930s Kansas through the eyes of its matriarch (Meg Wolitzer, New York Times–bestselling author).

      The basis for Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990), starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

      In Mrs. Bridge, Evan S. Connell, a consummate storyteller, artfully crafts a portrait using the finest of details in everyday events and confrontations. The novel is comprised of vignettes, images, fragments of conversations, events—all building powerfully toward the completed group portrait of a family, closely knit on the surface but deeply divided by loneliness, boredom, misunderstandings, isolation, sexual longing, and terminal isolation.

      In this special 50th anniversary edition, we are reminded once again why Mrs. Bridge has been hailed by readers and critics alike as one of the greatest novels in American literature.

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      Aug 1979 Pocket ISBN13 9780671830298 ISBN10 0671830295
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      Feb 1963 Penguin ISBN13 9780670001224 ISBN10 0670001228
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      Sep 1990 North Point Press ISBN13 9780865470569 ISBN10 0865470561
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      Jan 2005 Counterpoint LLC ISBN13 9781593760595 ISBN10 1593760590
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      Jun 2012 Penguin (UK) ISBN13 9780141198651 ISBN10 0141198656
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      Jan 1959 Viking ISBN13 9780670494484 ISBN10 0670494488
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      Aug 1991 G.K. Hall & Company ISBN13 9780816152063 ISBN10 0816152063
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