Bridges

In saving someone, is it possible we can save ourselves?

How much can a person take? When do we call it quits? Where is the end? Is it the loss of a career, a home or a loved one? And if those things are not the end, what gives us the will to go on and how do we live without them?

Read Bridges, the novel, and meet:

Rory Blair, a twenty-two-year-old ballet dancer who shatters his ankle on stage. He’s told he’ll never dance again. His manager abandons him, leaving him in financial ruin, and he’s evicted from his apartment on Christmas Eve. Convinced that he’s lost everything, Rory stands on a bridge. He has every reason to jump and no will to live.

Gregory Jacobs, a near-forty-year-old director of an art museum who has become a loner by choice. Yet another lover has abandoned him. Rejected by his family long ago, he’s given up on everything except for his career. On Christmas Eve, Gregory's car doesn’t start. He walks across a bridge where he finds a desolate young man clinging to the rail, staring at the icy river below. Is their meeting one of chance or fate? Can Gregory give Rory hope to continue living when he has so little hope for himself? At his age, he knows that once a bridge is crossed, there is always another up ahead.

Allan and Chelsea Jacobs, a couple who have all they could ask for in life. They live in Hartwood Manor. They’re wealthy and happy, but they have a wild, mischievous son and a strong-willed daughter. In raising their son Gregory, there were misunderstandings and hurt feelings. Can their family ever come back together?

Adelaide Jacobs, a fashion designer who wants nothing more than for her estranged brother to come home again. Can she make that happen?

And Giselle Chastain, a deaf concert violinist who lost her hearing and her best friend after a tragic accident. She knows that sometimes endings are new beginnings and although we lose much, there is always more to be gained.