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eliz2448's review against another edition
reflective
3.75
“Nothing is just a game, especially bridge.”
“Work was great, but bridge was sacred.”
“Work was great, but bridge was sacred.”
shirleytupperfreeman's review against another edition
This is a poignant, and sometimes humorous, memoir of a mother and daughter told by the daughter as she learns and observes the game of bridge. Betsy Lerner's mother and 4 friends have been playing bridge every Monday afternoon for over 50 years so she decided to try and figure out what has kept the group going over the decades. In the process, she learns more about herself and her mother and the way different generations handle stress and grief and even joy.
caseysilk's review against another edition
5.0
This is so much more than a book about the bridge ladies. It is about mother daughter relationships, it is about being in the sandwich generation, it is about love and loss. I loved each and everyone of the bridge ladies and I sympathized with the author's relationship with her mother. These ladies were from a different generation and it was a fascinating look at the changes that happened in their lifetime. It also sparked an interest in bridge that I have never had before.
heyjude1965's review against another edition
5.0
This book was so much fun. I enjoy reading about daughter and mother relationships, especially when the daughter and mother are about the same age as me and my mom. From the same generation.The author moves back to the city she grew up in when her father’s health fails. She starts attending her mothers bridge group, ladies she use to
distain when she was a rebellious teen, and she begins to have an affinity for them, and grows to love them. She interviews them and we get to see what life was like when they were girls. It’s a lovely memoir that spans across the ages. How a daughter who could not understand her mom and was never close to her grows to see her from a different perspective. Mother and daughter grow closer through the bridge Club. Beautiful. Listened to on audio.
distain when she was a rebellious teen, and she begins to have an affinity for them, and grows to love them. She interviews them and we get to see what life was like when they were girls. It’s a lovely memoir that spans across the ages. How a daughter who could not understand her mom and was never close to her grows to see her from a different perspective. Mother and daughter grow closer through the bridge Club. Beautiful. Listened to on audio.