TO THE BRIDGE.

• Author: Mangu-Ward, Katherine
• Position: BOOK - Amanda Stott-Smith's "To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder" - Brief article - Book review

In 2009, Amanda Stott-Smith dropped her children off a bridge in Portland, Oregon. Her 7-year-old daughter lived, screaming until she was fished out of the freezing river by a good Samaritan. Her 4-year-old son drowned. Writer (and occasional Reason contributor) Nancy Rommelmann read about the story the next morning over a cup of coffee, then spent the next seven years chasing down every detail. The result is To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder, a reported work of non-fiction that is both as beautiful and as true as possible, given the...