◗ Bridge BY LAUREN BEUKES
After the death of her estranged mother, Bridge packs up her home with the help of her friend Dom. Her mother, Jo, a neuroscientist, let her obsession with the mythical ‘dreamworm’ consume her life, leaving little time for her own daughter. But was it the brain tumour talking, or was it all real?
When Bridge and Dom stumble on ‘a lumpen yarn-y cocoon’ among ratatouille-filled Tupperware in her mother’s freezer, 20 years of repressed memories come flooding back. Much to the disgust of Dom (and the reader), she instinctively plops a strand in her mouth. And so begins her journey between realities, jumping into the
