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Review: The Bridge - Rebecca Rogers Maher

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Review: The Bridge - Rebecca Rogers Maher - September 2013 I was scrolling through my Kindle one evening, looking for something to read, when this cover caught my eye. I'll be honest, I couldn't have told you much about it at the time of buying. The blurb must have done its job, though, because once I started reading, I realised it was right up my alley. The Bridge is an edgy YA/NA read that opens in the middle of the night, with two strangers meeting on top of the Brooklyn Bridge, both ready to jump. Christa has already had a mastectomy and has just learned there is now a tumour in her other breast. Henry lives with chronic depression. Neither of them expected company that night, but once they start talking, they make a pact. They'll spend 24 hours together, doing the things they both love, each trying to convince the other to stay. When the time is up, they'll go their separate ways, and if either still wants to go through with it, that will be their decision. At the...