The Bridge

By Shauntay Grant

Set in a rural Black Nova Scotian community, The Bridge explores the complex relationship between two brothers strained over twenty years of secrecy, deception, and dishonour. Secrets are revealed one by one from the brothers themselves, as well as a trio of community gossips who provide the musical backdrop for this gospel-infused tale. A story of a family torn apart by betrayal, The Bridge invites us to consider the roads we choose in life, and to wonder whether we can ever cross back over the bridges we burn along the way.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
• Release date: Apr 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9780369102287

Shauntay Grant

Shauntay Grant est une descendante de Loyalistes noirs, de Jamaican Maroons et de réfugiés noirs qui immigrèrent au Canada il y a près de 200 ans. Écrivaine et artiste de la scène, elle a remporté le prix Joseph-S.-Stauffer et a publié plusieurs albums illustrés. Diplômée d’une maitrise en beaux-arts de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique et d’un baccalauréat en journalisme à l’Université King’s College, Shauntay donne également des cours de création littéraire à l’Université Dalhousie, de Halifax, où elle réside.

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