Publisher's Synopsis
The Bridge Club meets every Saturday, rotating from house to house. The hard workers relax and talk about their lives, loves, and current affairs while playing cards. The real game, though, is in the repartee they use as a side diversion, a battle of intelligence, words, and "one-upmanship." They have many things in common; the biggest is a secret that they have passed down from generation to generation as far back as America is old. As the friends battle to keep their damning secret, they survive through bridge and the mind games they play in their group and with society. We follow the Bridge Club from the 1930's to the 1950's in Chicago. Tension rises in 1930's over housing and jobs; in the forties, equal rights and World War II are a concern for all; and in the fifties, times and a new society force changes. The principal characters are a lawyer and his wife. He takes on the case of a woman with many issues. The worst being that she feels that he has used and scorned her. All hell breaks loose, as life, money, and decorum are lost. In the investigation a long time member tells the club's secret. He breaks the code, and the real dirty secrets come out. Murder, verbal and physical assaults abound to see who will be the last one holding the money and cards.
