TY - BOOK AU - O'Flanagan, Sheila, TI - The woman on the bridge SN - 9781035402786 U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2023/// CY - London : PB - Headline Review, KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Ireland KW - Fiction KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Dublin (Ireland) KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Civil War, 1922-1923 KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft KW - Romance fiction N2 - Dublin. The 1920s. As war tears Ireland apart, two young people are caught up in events that will bring love, tragedy - and the hardest of choices. In a country fighting for freedom, it's hard to live a normal life. Winnie O'Leary supports the cause, but she doesn't go looking for trouble. Then rebel Joseph Burke steps into her workplace. Winnie is furious with him about a broken window. She's not interested in romance. But love comes when you least expect it. Joseph's family shelter fugitives and transport weapons. Joseph would never ask Winnie to join the fight; but his mother and sisters demand commitment. Will Winnie choose Joseph, and put her own loved ones in deadly danger? Or wait for a time of peace that may never come? Ireland's tumultuous independence struggle is the backdrop for an unforgettable story of courage and heartbreak, in which heroes are made of ordinary people ER -