{"product_id":"2940012572608","title":"Bridge Table Or What's Trump Anyway? An Affectionate Look Back At Sociable Bridge \u0026 Ladies Lunch","description":"There’s loads of books telling the story of serious bridge, but . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBridge Table or What’s Trump Anyway? is the only book ever (far as I know) to tell that story from a woman’s viewpoint, and to celebrate sociable bridge. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ladies-only-bridge-club is sociable bridge with its century-long tradition passed on (until the 70s) from mother to daughter. These informal clubs—millions of women, outnumbering serious players by far—were and are a subterranean sisterhood, beneath media radar, unwritten about, leaving virtually no paper trail. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u2028\u2028Today, bridge (both serious and sociable) is, as they say, \"in Retro\"—which means that bridge is among the 50s icons boomers rejected when young, then began, nostalgically, to yearn for in the Retro 90s. Martinis, steakhouses . . . bridge. A book about sociable bridge is long overdue. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u2028Bridge Table is almost as much about food and the gender menus of ladies lunch as it is about bridge, because that’s where the skimpy paper trail is, in cookbooks and women’s magazine articles of the 1920s-60s. What started out to be a cookbook ended up as informal bridge history and pop culture (including ladies lunch) told through notes, quotes, anecdotes, menus, recipes, trivia—with Bridge \u0026amp; Me as a sub-theme. Three closing chapters are this octogenarian’s idiosyncratic take on sociable bridge, serious bridge and ladies lunch in 2009 along with thoughts on Retro survival of all three.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBridge Table is for . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+ Boomer daughters—perfect gift for bridge-playing moms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+ Their bridge-playing moms—perfect gift for daughters (don’t we all yearn for a bridge-playing daughter?)\u2028 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+ Food writers—to inspire Retro articles\/cookbooks (there’s a Background Reading \u0026amp; Sources list at the end just for you)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+ Serious bridge players—a peek into an unknown bridge world (just as Edward McPherson’s The Backwash Squeeze: A Newcomer's Journey Into the World of Bridge gives sociable players a peek into the unknown world of tournament bridge)\u2028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+ Popular culture fans—they simply enjoy reading about pop culture, defined by one writer as \"what people do when they’re not working.\"","brand":"BookLocker.com, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069413802224,"sku":"2940012572608","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012572608_p0.jpg?v=1763570423","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012572608","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}