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 is an ambitious lawyer who redoubles his efforts and time at the office whenever he senses that his family needs something, even when what they need is more of him and less of his money. Affluence, material assets, and comforts create a cocoon of community respectability that cloaks the void within - not the skeleton in the closet but a black hole swallowing the whole household.