The Third Bridge

In the countryside of Wales during the postwar era, one's ?childhood was not all that innocent. Sian Bayley had to ?deal with family disputes, class conflicts, and secrets, ?which made her transition from a girl to a woman a ?deeply moving yet painful experience. Together with her ?close friends-pragmatic yet sharp-witted Anna and ?compassionate Pearl-Sian faces the challenges of ?discrimination, the turmoil of fractured families, and the ?bewildering world of adults that encircles her.? Set against the shifting backdrop of the 1950s and '60s, ?The Third Bridge is a richly evocative coming-of-age ?memoir that explores memory, identity, and resilience. ?With biting wit and heartfelt poignancy, Jane Evans ?captures the vibrancy and vulnerability of youth in a ?time and place where the personal was always political ?and escape was found in the pages of Enid Blyton, the ?voice of Roy Orbison, or the dangerous dreams of ?another life.?