“The One-Way Bridge is the novel Cathie Pelletier fans have long awaited. Her Mattagash, Maine, is one of the most fully realized fictional locales I’ve ever visited, its geography as vivid and precise as any actual place, its citizens as real and compelling as our own friends and neighbors.”—RICHARD RUSSO

“Here’s great news for readers: Cathie Pelletier has driven the pickup back to Mattagash, the New England outpost of her wild and fertile imagination, and she’s invited us to ride shotgun… Cathie Pelletier is one of my favorite novelists, and she’s at the top of her game with The One-Way Bridge.”

—WALLY LAMB, author of She’s Come Undone and Wishin' and Hopin'

“In her new book, Cathie Pelletier’s brilliantly drawn, true-to-life characters break your heart and make you laugh at the same time, a rare talent indeed.”

—Fannie Flagg, author of Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Café

“If you liked Olive Kitteredge, you’ll love The One-Way Bridge. Maine writer Cathie Pelletier is a national treasure, her lovely prose filled with grace and humor. She understands the complicated issues of loneliness, family, and community—and the kinds of accommodations we all make in the name of love—better than anybody else.”

—LEE SMITH, author of The Last Girls

“The One-Way Bridge is a striking novel, both humorous and elegant. Although set in a small town, its concerns reach across the vastness of North America and into the jungles of Viet Nam. It is about change and pain and the legacy of history, an elegant testimony to its place and time. The writing is lyrical and intense. The characters and landscape are presented with the sure hand of an established author. It’s a splendid novel.”

—ALISTAIR MACLEOD, author of No Great Mischief and Island