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\nSCLSNJ Summary: She built a monum ent for all time. Then she was lost in its shadow. Discover the fascinatin g woman who helped design and construct an American icon\, perfect for rea ders of The Other Einstein. Emily Warren Roebling refuses to live conventi onally\; she knows who she is and what she wants\, and she's determined to make change. But then her husband Wash asks the unthinkable: give up her dreams to make his possible. Emily's fight for women's suffrage is put on hold\, and her life transformed when Wash\, the Chief Engineer of the Broo klyn Bridge\, is injured on the job. Untrained for the task\, but under hi s guidance\, she assumes his role\, despite stern resistance and overwhelm ing obstacles. Lines blur as Wash's vision becomes her own\, and when he i s unable to return to the job\, Emily is consumed by it. But as the projec t takes shape under Emily's direction\, she wonders whose legacy she is bu ilding\, hers\, or her husband's. As the monument rises\, Emily's marriage \, principles\, and identity threaten to collapse. When the bridge finally stands finished\, will she recognize the woman who built it? Based on the true story of the Brooklyn Bridge\, The Engineer's Wife delivers an emoti onal portrait of a woman transformed by a project of unfathomable scale\, which takes her into the bowels of the East River\, suffragette riots\, th e halls of Manhattan's elite\, and the heady\, freewheeling temptations of P.T. Barnum. It's the story of a husband and wife determined to build som ething that lasts\, even at the risk of losing each other.
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