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May 16, 2016TheresaAJ rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I was fascinated by the premise of this book as my parents also played bridge. My mother played in the afternoon with other women and in the evening with my father as a couple. The author's mother is only a few years younger then mine so the time period also aligned with my experiences. Lerner is very honest about her not-so-wonderful relationship with her mother through her growing up years and afterwards. When she moved back to her hometown and found herself in a caretaker role after her mother's surgery, she came in contact with the "bridge ladies". During the next three years, Lerner learned to play bridge and became entrenched with the bridge ladies. This common bond led to a better, but not perfect, relationship for one mother and daughter. This book covers a lot of social history and emotional turmoil between the greatest generation parents and their baby boomer children as illustrated by 5 families. A great companion book for this memoir would be Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders by Mary Pipher.