The New York Times bestselling author of Learning and Leaving shares a heartwarming Christmas story about a devastating flood, lost love, and the beauty of enduring friendships. Number one New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury delivers an instant classic with this heartwarming Christmas story about a hundred-year flood, lost love, and the beauty of enduring friendships. Molly Allen lives alone in Portland, but she left her heart back in Tennessee with a man she walked away from five years ago. They had a rare sort of love she hasn’t found since. Ryan Kelly lives in Nashville after a broken engagement and several years on the road touring with a country music duo. He can still hear Molly’s voice encouraging him to follow his dreams; Molly, whose memory stays with him. At least he can visit The Bridge—the oldest bookstore in historic downtown Franklin—and remember the hours he and Molly once spent there. For thirty years, Charlie and Donna Barton have run The Bridge, providing the people of middle Tennessee with coffee, conversation, and shelves of good books—even through dismal book sales and the rise of digital books. Then in May, the hundred-year flood swept through Franklin and destroyed nearly every book in the store.
Now the bank is pulling the lease on The Bridge. Despondent and without answers, Charlie considers the unthinkable. Then tragedy strikes, and suddenly, everything changes. In the face of desperate brokenness and lost opportunities, could the miracle of a second chance actually unfold? The Bridge is a love story set against the struggle of the American bookstore, a love story you will never forget.
Oh, I wish there was a place like the Bridge. The little bookstore in my town went out of business a couple of years ago. It was so sad to see the store close. If there was a place like the Bridge in my town you can only guess where I would be everyday.
This is my first Karen Kingsbury novel and I liked it. I first heard of it after watching the movie The Bridge. It was easy to read and had a really cute story. I read it in just two nights. The one thing about the book was it was actually really sad. It was still a good story, and I really enjoyed the book.
Karen Kingsbury wrote a great book about how one person’s life can touch many lives. I recommend this great Christmas read!
Title: The Bridge
Author and her website: Karen Kingsbury
Reading Resolution 51: Read a book that is set in a place that you would like to visit.
This review is written in my own words and is my honest opinion.
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