In the countryside of Wales during the postwar era, one's ‎childhood was not all that innocent. Sian Bayley had to ‎deal with family disputes, class conflicts, and secrets, ‎which made her transition from a girl to a woman a ‎deeply moving yet painful experience. Together with her ‎close friends-pragmatic yet sharp-witted Anna and ‎compassionate Pearl-Sian faces the challenges of ‎discrimination, the turmoil of fractured families, and the ‎bewildering world of adults that encircles her.‎

Set against the shifting backdrop of the 1950s and '60s, ‎The Third Bridge is a richly evocative coming-of-age ‎memoir that explores memory, identity, and resilience. ‎With biting wit and heartfelt poignancy, Jane Evans ‎captures the vibrancy and vulnerability of youth in a ‎time and place where the personal was always political ‎and escape was found in the pages of Enid Blyton, the ‎voice of Roy Orbison, or the dangerous dreams of ‎another life.‎