The Woman on the Bridge: You saw The Girl on the Train. You watched The Woman in the Window. Now meet The Woman on the Bridge

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Charlotte is getting her Toyko Drift on when she sees Maggie in a wedding dress standing on the edge of a bridge. After rescuing her, the two become instant besties... but their friendship comes at a price. The Woman On The Bridge is bestselling author Sheila O’Flanagan’s first foray into historical romance and what a debut into the genre! Sheila’s immersive storytelling and beautiful prose transports the reader to 1920’s Dublin during the ‘Troubles’, perfectly capturing the bleak and hopeless atmosphere of these times as Ireland tears itself apart through conflict, and family and friends are forced to choose allegiance. This isn’t an area of history that I know much about, so I found the story fascinating and insightful. On the worst night of her life, in the middle of nowhere, lonely Charlotte Wilderwood saves a runaway bride from falling to her death. There’s a central theme to ‘The Woman on the Bridge‘ by way of toxic relationships in various shapes and forms. From the married couple to the life-long friends, to children and their parents. After all there is a reason why Maggie is on that bridge. Her story in particular often filled me with sadness. And Charlotte may not know it yet but there are quite a few events that led her to be where she is now. Both of their lives not entirely shaped by their own choices, but by choices made by others. Awful but great characters, superb descriptive writing, at times darkly comical almost farcical and yet a real insight into human beings and how magical a new ‘friendship’ can be ( even when based on a tale so tall you cant see over it )

Munch was one of a number of exceptional portrait artists in Europe at around this time. In Austria you will find Gustav Klimt, an artist whose style was related, but also different in some ways. He also liked to use the beauty of the female body with his paintings, as shown with the likes of The Kiss, Judith with the Head of Holoferne and also Emilie Floege. Both Klimt and Munch would use expressive techniques, but the latter tended to use much less detail and concentrate more on creating an atmosphere within his work. Both are now considered amongst the most famous artists in history, and left behind two huge collections of work across a variety of different artistic disciplines. Munch himself found certain models that he would use again and again but in the case of the painting before us here, The Women on the Bridge, he would only have worried about the lady standing closest, as the others have their heads turned away.

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All his underlying hatred for others seeded the origin for the JDL in the spring of 1968. “We have no great funds, no great influence, so the answer is simple: to do outrageous things,” he told New York Times reporter Michael Kaufman in January 1971. Money had to be raised, though, and it required setting up charitable, tax-exempt foundations. One of them, incorporated in August 1967, a full six months before the official existence of the JDL, bore the name of Estelle Donna Evans.

The Woman on the Bridge is an intriguing tale that sweeps you away to Dublin during the 1920s when Ireland is full of unrest and upheaval and the sweet, dependable Winnie O’Leary and her rebel husband-to-be, Joseph Burke, have to navigate a world full of simmering anger, violence, imprisonments, and tragic losses of life before finally making it to the altar. The story is told from multiple points of view and timelines giving you an insight into why each character behave as they do. Believe me when I say you still won’t predict the twists and turns this book contains. Estelle Evans was still alive. She told police about the letter that broke her heart and destroyed her spirit. She was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital and underwent hours-long surgery for extensive internal injuries. Dublin. The 1920s. As war tears Ireland apart, two young people fall in love amongst events that will bring tragedy and tough choices as they fight for a better future.Three stars from me usually means that I believe the author has achieved their aims, and it’s a good book but that I personally didn’t fall in love with it.

Many, many themes are covered in this novel. The travesty of war, particularly civil war. The hypocrisy of the Catholic Church. The social disadvantages of women in the 1920s and 1930s. Tuberculosis that ravaged the Irish population during this time. Overall, The Woman on the Bridge is an atmospheric, absorbing, heartfelt debut in the historical fiction genre for O’Flanagan that does a beautiful job of highlighting her exceptional ability to portray complex, memorable characters, which in this case are based on real-life family members, and historically troubling times in such a way that is not only insightful but also impactful.The Woman on the Bridge is a complete change of genre for Sheila O’Flanagan. It takes her away from what we have come to know and love her for – women’s fiction and instead delves into historical fiction specifically Ireland’s fight for independence. I admit I was hesitant, given that historical fiction is one of my all-time favourite genres, that the author would be able to switch genres just like that. Well, I can safely say, I needn’t have had any worries at all. The Woman on the Bridge provides the reader with a fascinating insight into the life of an ordinary young woman living in Dublin in the 1920’s detailing her experiences of Ireland’s struggle to win independence form the British. Before we know it, Maggie is offering to "help" her situation with her so called best friend. Then things go from bad to worse with her so called stalker. Charlotte's mom: her motto was "dignity always" but in reality it should've been "bitter always" or "misdirected anger, always" The story being told through multiple narratives definitely adds to the mystery and intrigue of the story. The characters were all well developed and had a lot of depth to them - some a lot darker than the others. I started out in administration and then moved jobs until finally I was working as a dealer in a commercial bank. Eventually I was promoted to Chief Dealer (the first female CD in the country). I traded lots of different things – foreign exchange, swaps, options, bonds…all of the kind of things you read about in the papers and that sound very technical and difficult. Of course once you’re doing it, it’s not half as technical as it sounds.

Loving Sheila’s previous modern day books, I was keen to read this being a lover of history and knowing this was one of her first works into this genre. I loved the relationship between Winnie & Joseph and the narrative that followed them throughout was compelling and their relationship really had to stand the test. Joseph and Winnie are like chalk and cheese. While Winnie is happy to keep to the shadows, Joseph is on the front line fighting for his country’s freedom. With his family sheltering fugitives and smuggling weapons, Winnie is fully aware that if she gets involved with him, she would be swapping her quiet and sedate existence for risk, jeopardy and danger on a daily basis. Joseph would not let a single hair on Winnie’s head to be harmed, but with his family demanding full commitment to the cause, will she choose the man she has fallen head over heels in love with over her family’s safety? Or will she wait for a time of peace that might never come? I loved the manner in which so many women in this narrative are both literally and metaphorically on the bridge. Obviously Charlotte finds Maggie on the bridge, but both women are on the bridge of a new phase in their lives, as are Anne and Pamela at different points. I loved, too, the intensity of relationship between Charlotte and Maggie because it adds a layer of depth and emotion that is so affecting. Holly Seddon shows us how closely and rapidly it is possible to become embroiled in the life of another person.

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They stripped to their underclothes and dove into the East River together, life preservers in hand. When they reached Estelle, she was conscious. The patrolmen put the preserver over her head and began to swim, but the struggle in the icy-cold water threatened to drown them. All three ended up being rescued by a passing fishing boat.