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The bridge ladies a memoir

"A fifty-year-old Bridge game provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between a daughter and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on a powerfully personal literary journey, where we learn a little about Bridge and a lot about life. After a lifetime defining herself in contrast...

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Main Author: Lerner, Betsy (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Harper Wave, [2016]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Lerner, Betsy.
Literary agents > United States > Biography.
Bridge clubs > Social aspects > United States.
Women bridge players > United States.
Female friendship > United States.
Intergenerational relations > United States.
Mothers and daughters > United States.
Older women > United States > Social life and customs.
Autobiographies.
Table of Contents:
  • A private language
  • The Manhattan Bridge Club
  • The Athenian
  • A thousand Bette Cohens
  • Bingo
  • How I met your father
  • What to expect
  • Ruffing it
  • Welcome to the club
  • 1964
  • The finesse
  • The revelation of self
  • Zig-zag
  • Get the kiddies off the street
  • The hands of a clock
  • Jew in a box
  • Bette in flames
  • When the student is ready, the teacher appears
  • Ash
  • The bridge ladies.

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