Preview of Permanent Connections Summary:

Sue Ellen Bridgers knows a great deal about people and how they feel and act. Readers care about her characters because they are believable and interesting and because a Bridgers novel explains the situations the characters face in such a way that the readers have a better understanding of their own lives. Bridgers's novels might also be called a medium for modeling some of the best solutions and happiest endings that can plausibly be expected for the families she writes about. Without compromising her honesty about human nature, she reasonably points out the areas where hope and improvement might be found.