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Genre - Contemporary Women's Fiction
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I’ve chosen page 99 from the print copy
although it is just a few pages beyond the e-book page 99. There’s a bit more
“meat” to the story at this point!
The format of The Bridge Club is a little
different from many books. There are eight main characters in the story. After the introductory chapter, there are
eight chapters that each focus on one character and something that happened to
her in particular. The eight chapters cover a period of forty years and build a
foundation that prepares the reader for the shocking crisis in the final
chapter.
The Bridge Club is a testament to the power
of women’s friendship. Based on the forty-year friendship my “real-life” bridge
club continues to share, the story is fiction based on fact and this is one
chapter that is very true to life.
Page 99 is in Chapter Four. Here we find
the women of The Bridge Club planning to stage an intervention in the near
future with Bonnie, whose drinking has become completely out of control.
Feeling guilty they have not done something
drastic before this, they know there can be no more stalling.
“Let’s face it. You’re not in control of your life,
and you have a decision to make,” challenged Dee.
Their plan is unknown to Bonnie, so it is
to the amazement of the Bridge Club at this monthly ‘soiree’ that she voluntarily opens up
about her addiction. Bonnie has a strong personality, is a ‘take charge’ kind
of person, and always denied alcohol was a problem. She constantly laughed off
concerns and chided these friends that she knew what she was doing and was
completely in control.
Coincidentally, she reaches the tipping
point at the same time the intervention was being planned. None could believe
what they were hearing.
No one moved a muscle. All eyes remained locked on
Bonnie.
“I’m finally admitting what I’ve been in denial about
for way too long. I know I need help. You may think all your harping over the
years hasn’t had an effect, but I assure you it has. I’ve chosen to ignore it,
but I can’t forget it. Slowly it’s been seeping into my alleged brain.”
Nothing is ever that easy and there
certainly remained some hurdles to cross. This page simply sets the stage for
the possible beginning to the end of her alcoholism. For the first time there
is the sense of hope.
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