Crossing the Rainbow Bridge

Crossing The Rainbow Bridge is a novel set in 1971, Key West, Florida. The novel is told in two narrative forms, using the viewpoints of the two main characters. The first of which is told through a third person narrative familiar to the novel's female protagonist, Sara Bailey. The second viewpoint is that of the protagonist's mother, told in first person narrative in the novel's final chapter. The impetus of the novel's focus begins with the sudden and accidental death of the protagonist's mother. Initially, the mother's character is revealed mainly through retrospective narrative in the form of the protagonist's dreams. As the novel progresses, the narrative relies on the present moment consciousness of the protagonist. That is, following a traditional coming of age story, as the protagonist learns to cope with the death of her mother, the language of the novel relies more heavily on her voice, and less on the third person retrospective narrative to tell the story.