Táto séria sa ponorí do života typického amerického stredostavovského páru v polovici 20. storočia. Romány s jemným postrehom a iróniou skúmajú povrchnosť ich zdanlivo dokonalého života, odhaľujúc prázdnotu, ktorú skrývajú za fasádou spoločenských konvencií a materiálneho bohatstva. Prostredníctvom intímnych portrétov jednotlivcov sa séria pýta na povahu manželstva, šťastia a zmyslu existencie v kontexte amerického sna.
Mrs Bridge, an unremarkable and conservative housewife in Kansas City, has three children and a kindly lawyer husband. She spends her time with shopping, going to bridge parties and bringing up her children to be pleasant, clean and have nice manners.
Walter Bridge, husband to India and father to three, is a successful lawyer in a Kansas suburb. The daily dramas of his life only serve to illuminate his prejudice, self-doubts and dreary existence - his Christmas gifts to the family are stock certificates, which he immediately takes back to manage on their behalf.