Sylvie can hardly bear to remember how her family was two years ago, before an oncoming vehicle forced their car off a covered bridge. With horrible swiftness, Sylvie?s young son was gone, her husband lost his legs, and she was left with shattering blame and grief. Eleven-year-old Ruby misses her little brother. She also misses her mother, who has become a recluse in their home. And amid all the uncertainty in her life, Ruby becomes obsessed with bridges.