The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller

Photos of covered bridges serve as illustrations. An erotic, bittersweet tale of lingering memories and forsaken possibilities. Scenes between the lovers are movingly evoked and moments with Francesca, who celebrates her birthday 22 years later by reflecting on her brief time with Robert, are particularly poignant. Waller tells their story as though it were nonfiction, claiming to have heard about Francesca from her children after her death, read her journals, seen Robert's relics of those four days and interviewed a jazz musician who knew the photographer.

Initially, neither Robert nor Francesca expects their random encounter to lead to seduction, yet their mutual desire is undeniable. Bridges tells the story of Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson and Robert Kincaid, who, like Waller, is also a photographer and writer. There, he asks directions of Francesca Johnson, alone at home while her husband and two children visit the Illinois State Fair. In The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller recalls the story of how two such legendary hearts came together for four days. In August 1965, 52-year-old divorce Robert Kincaid packs his pickup truck and travels to Iowa's Madison County, the location of seven covered bridges he is to photograph for National Geographic. The Bridges of Madison County Hardcover Large Print, Januby Robert James Waller (Author) 3,188 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 7.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 24.96 19 Used from 2.63 1 New from 24. He was the New York Times bestselling author of The Bridges of Madison County, which was adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood and also as a successful Broadway. Quietly powerful and thoroughly credible, Waller's first novel (he previously wrote two books of essays) describes the profound love between a photographer and an Iowa farmer's wife who, together for only four days, never lose their feelings for each other.

The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller