At 16, Ginny finds that her love of painting connects her to the artistic Haitian mother she never knew and eases the isolation she feels as the only mixed-race teen in her Welsh village. When she learns she has a half-brother by her father's first marriage, her world is shattered. Ginny embarks on a quest for the truth that will allow her to claim her artistic heritage--and face her father.
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When 16-year-old Ginny discovers that her father has a secret son she realises that everything that previously made her feel so safe and secure is a lie. As she tries to restore her faith in her father and herself, she comes face to face with unforgettable truths and long-forgotten tragedies that will change her life dramatically and forever.
The Broken Bridge is a stunning novel by Philip Pullman, the award-winning author of Northern Lights and The Subtle Knife. The teenager-in- turmoil, so familiar and often so very strange, is treated with a respect and sensitivity that moves the story up a notch, allowing the sizzling and compelling drama that unfolds between the pages to paint a potent picture of a girl on her own voyage of discovery. Pullman has triumphed again, proving that clever and sympathetic writing can easily be coupled with dramatic storytelling at its very best. --Susan Harrison --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Sixteen-year-old Ginny’s life is secure. Her mother is dead, but she’s inherited her outstanding artistic talent, and she loves her life with her father in a seaside village in Wales. But the day a social worker arrives and old files are re-opened, Ginny’s world cracks apart. Everything her father has told her about her family is a lie. And Ginny must uncover the hidden secrets of the past on a journey that will ultimately lead her to the mother she’s never known . . .
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34 of 40 people found the following review helpful
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Not up to the same standard as 'His Dark Materials' but it's aimed at a different market, I guess.
I found the writing good, creating that dreamlike, unreal, almost nightmarish feeling when your world is suddenly turned upside down.
The book grips you and you feel dragged along with our heroine as she tries to make sense of what is happening and the 'visions' she has; the only failing is the ending which seems a bit of an anticlimax.
Nevertheless, a very good read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I first read this book when I was twelve or thirteen and, going back to it now, in my early twenties, still find it fresh and interesting. Coming from an ethnically mixed family myself, with complicated arrangements involving half-children etc., I could relate to the issues of belonging and self-acceptance in the book. The main character is engaging and thought-provoking, and the whole thing is just beautifully written. I loved the His Dark Materials trilogy, but was just as delighted to find this relatively little-known gem by Philip Pullman.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Star_Sea
Format:Paperback
I've seen a few negative reviews for this book so far, mostly because it's not the same as His Dark Materials. Of course it's not: it's not fantasy. It's focused completely on our reality, and the themes of adolescence: identity, secrets, sexuality.
The story focuses on Ginny and her discoveries about her past. Every so often, we get a page in italics detailing her few memories of the time before she lived with her father. Gradually, they take their place in the story. As soon as one thing is revealed, another is obscured. One of the greatest shocks is Ginny discovering that she has a half-brother. It's refreshing to see that although they predictably hate each other at first, by the end they have developed an understanding after being confronted with prejudice and psychotic rage. Ginny herself grows up a lot and learns to forgive people for their faults. Whilst not possessing the awesome reach or imagination of His Dark Materials, this story does showcase Pullman's talent for examining psychological issues and characters who aren't what they seem. It's rhythmic, and pacey, but it doesn't tie up all the knots.
An involving read.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
If you like "people" books you'll love this one. It's so vivid and sensitive, yet so action-packed and exiting. The Broken Bridge is about a black girl in a white world searching to find out who she really is.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By L. Monkam
Format:Paperback
this really is a wonderful book about discovery and i have read it several times - it never gets old, even when you do!
4 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By happymgee
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The ending where everything of the families past is brought together in one big smack round the face was good,reminiscent of murder mistry novels. As well as the brutal murder of a childhood teddy bear which even though m 18 was scary.
However i found the characters unrealistic espesially the teenagers hwo had no commonsense what so ever between them- even for teenagers!!
Worth a read when there's nothing else but it wont be coming top of any list i write.
5 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Wrecky World
Format:Paperback
oth "The Butterfly Tattoo" and "The Broken Bridge" are decidedly avarage books, which is pretty much all there is to say abou them. Coming from Philip Pullman they are utterly disappointing. I loved both the "His Dark Materials" trilogy and the Sally Lockhart books, but fiction seems to be Philip Pullman's (only?) weak point.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By amara
Format:Paperback
philip pulman's book ''the broken bridge'' is really good.It kept me gript and i enjoyed reading it fully.The book was easy to get into and i would definetly recommend it to any adult or teenager.The book was just as good as ''the fire-work makers daighter" which i would also recomend though proberly to the lower age group of 8-12.Ginny in this book is the main charactor and is about how she wants to find out more about her life and who her real parents are.as it gets close to her finding out the truth when she goes to meet her grandpaerents with her half-brother you really can't put the book down.it's totaly gripping and a fantastic read.BUY IT!!!!you won't regret it........
by amara (age 13)...........big reader...........
by amara (age 13)...........big reader...........
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Pants!
Well I could do no better but Mr Pullman can. It was alright but with things like Northern lights and the Shadow in the North on his c.v a book like this is penny DREADFUL stuff.
Published on 2 Feb 2001
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Weak and incoherent
Having read the "His Dark Materials" trilogy I expected great things of this book and was sorely disappointed. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2000 by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
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