The Bridges of Madison County
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The Bridges of Madison County
Robert James Waller
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When Robert Kincaid drives through the heat and dust of an Iowa summer and turns into Francesca Johnson's farm lane looking for directions, the world-class photographer and the Iowa farm wife are joined in an experience of uncommon truth and stunning beauty that will haunt them forever. The romantic classic of the 1990's.

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When Robert Kincaid drives through the heat and dust of an Iowa summer and turns into Francesca Johnson's farm lane looking for directions, the world-class photographer and the Iowa farm wife are joined in an experience of uncommon truth and stunning beauty that will haunt them forever. The romantic classic of the 1990's.

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One warm 1960s summer day Robert Kincaid walks into the quaint Iowa town of Winterset to photograph its beautiful old bridges for a photo essay for National Geographic. Asking directions at a local farmhouse, he meets Francesca, a beautiful farm wife whose family is away at the state fair. They fall deeply and immediately in love. For four days, they revel in one another's beauty and the magic that they bring to each other. When it comes time for him to leave, Robert wants her to go with him, but she makes the painful decision to stay with her family. After Robert's gone, Francesca keeps track of him through his pictures in National Geographic. She notices the careworn lines of his well-traveled face, the medallion around his neck that bears her name. After he dies, his ashes are scattered near the bridge they photographed together, and she receives a box of his personal effects. When she dies, she leaves them to her children, along with three volumes of writing which contain her story of their love. True love shines in this spare, simple story. Not literary so much as classic, the love story of Robert and Francesca is as universal and eternal as Romeo and Juliet.

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5 out of 5 stars Why some hate it and some love it.......2007-09-09

First I would like to say that although this book is fiction that I believe it is based on a true story, which I feel really makes a difference. If you are looking for a fast paced or even moderately paced book of action you won't find it here. But the depth of emotions and real to life decisions made within it are packed full. Those who have not encountered this type of emotional confusion or who are looking to be entertained will probably not like the book much and find it slow, unrewarding and frankly boring. HOWEVER, those who seek meaning in life, who wish to understand love, commitment and their own emotions will likely love it. This book, to the contrary of some reviewers, does not endorse adultry as evidenced in the final decision made by the characters. Though those seeking only to look on the surface may disagree with me. It is true that the book identifies the deep passion of the two main characters with great splendor and erotica. Nevertheless, it also shows the deep pain the characters contended with as a result. The main character waxes and wanes through a difficult choice. If the reader is reading the book quickly to reach the "excitement" he will fail to catch the real excitement in it. This book needs to be read like a slow sunday drive or a quiet walk through a park. Take your time, FEEL the characters emotions, and you will find the book very rewarding. Bridges of Madison County leaves the moral judgements up to you. Is this a book endorsing adultry or is this a book about love, commitment and in the end the sanctity of marriage? I was personally left with the feeling that one should not jump into marriage, but wait until the "certainty" is there. That the job of a parent does come before your own wants and needs. And finally that, although there is adultry displayed here, the truth is, it also makes clear that marriage is what YOU make it, and that no matter how great you think the new relationship would be it could never survive the guilt and betrayal it would take to possess it. Therefore, we ask ourselves, why go through all that pain for something that really could never be? Franchesca shows us that it isn't love alone that makes a marriage good. We learn how important and romantic life's details, such as laundry, are. I personally believe it helped me to better understand all the facets of marriage, outside of the romance novels. We are never led to believe that her marriage is a bad one, just that her affair was a paradise turned into an emotional hell (granted one she says saved her life, but that the reader can also clearly see destroyed her life). In the end we find ourselves yearning to bring the lovers together, yet we also find ourselves feeling admiration for her decision to stay and put her own feelings a side. In addition it even provides us with what would be a true to life emotion of feeling as if she were a fool to pass it up. Truely we learn about what absolute commitment is, and how with that, any marriage is solid as a rock. This book should shout volumes on the seriousness of marriage and family, something all too often taken much to lightly. It also creates in us a desire to recreate what the lovers share within the confines of our own relationships, hopefully inspiring us to spice up our own marriages. Those with deep sentimental emotions will find this book awakening, true to life's sins, and morally enlightening! I've read it and seen it many times. Scenes dealing with their emotional tug of wars still makes my heart race as if it were a car chase. As with everything in life, it's all in what you expect. Expect little in life and you will usually be pleasantly surprised!

3 out of 5 stars The Hobo Philosopher.......2007-09-05

It seemed for a short period every woman in America was fantasizing over "The Bridges of Madison County". I felt that any book that could stimulate the libido of the American female so drastically must, of necessity, reveal same penetrating insights. So I read the book.
It seems that a rather boring, unimaginative woman, who has lost contact with her loyal, faithful, dutiful husband, decides to have a fling with a traveling `salesman' while her poor husband is off to the 4-H Club fair with the kids.
So she bangs this traveling salesman (who is posing as a photographer for National Geographic - Yeah, National Inquirer, most likely; or more than likely unemployed) upstairs, in the bed of her and her loyal, faithful husband while he and THEIR children are out of sight for ONE damn day.
Well, obviously being a woman of very, very low sexual enthusiasm and appetite, and IMAGINATION this one afternoon fling with some bozo walking by with a knapsack on his back satisfies her for the rest of her life. Not only does it satisfy her for the rest of her life, she fantasizes over the event, to such a neurotic extent that she even writes a letter to her children detailing the episode, for them to read after "she's gone".
In the letter she explains to her children (probably while the old man is sitting on the trunk in the attic next to his kids) that she banged this traveling salesman in the same bed where they were conceived, because their `Daddy'(the man who bought the bed and was paying the mortgage on the building where the bed was being violated), the same man who had taught them to whittle a stick, catch a ball, and spit, was so boring and such a total drag in the bedroom that one hump with a strange hobo has made it possible for her to endure the rest of her entire life with their lump of a father.
They actually made a movie of this book staring Clint Eastward, and some female adulterous impersonator.
I can`t believe it!
For myself I'll take Anna Karenina any day. At least she gets run over by a damn bus!

2 out of 5 stars Other Books.......2007-09-03

Hard to say which is more tedious, the book, or the movie. American film, so more shagging in the book I guess. Ultimately though, I have no reason to be interested in this apart from the guy breaks down in truck part. Then has an affair with a woman who is unhappy where she is, but stays. So what?

1 out of 5 stars I Felt Ripped Off..........2007-08-27

I remember when this book came out and later the movie, there was so much hype surrounding it. I came across it recently and decided to read it. The author starts by telling us that Francesca's two children came to him with a story to tell and needed his help to tell it. We are then told about Robert Kincaid, a photographer for National Geographic and the fateful meeting between him and Francesca as he is photographing the covered bridges in Madison County. After their story, we are then told about the author tracking down a jazz musician that knew Kincaid in his later years. The reader is led to believe that the story is real, with only some unknown details added in.

I'm not sure why this "story" needed to be told. Every character is a work of fiction. There were no children, no Francesca or Robert. The story itself is even hard to grasp even if one suspends reality. It is a tale of adultery that is hard to believe. I'm usually a sucker for sloppy sentimentality, but this one just didn't grab me.

1 out of 5 stars Awfully trite book; pass-the-crying-towels-film.......2007-08-12

Okay, call me cynical. The book is what it is: BAD writing at its, uh, worst. Sigh. Here we have a pulpy, maudlin tale of adultery, draped in the noble robes of LOVE everlasting. SO cute. The book was so lightweight, I think it took me all of a few hours to read it. What a waste. My first thought as I snapped the thing shut was, this novel is badly written but it sure would make one helluva screenplay. Gee, I was right.
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    4 out of 5 stars Book Review.......2000-03-18

    I like many others was impressed by this movie. Some 12 months or so ago I came across the book for a bargain price and snapped it up.The book focuses on the making of the movie but also contains superb photography of a very pretty part of the US. A book for fans and lovers of nature.
    A Thousand Country Roads: An Epilogue to The Bridges of Madison County
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    At last, the rest of the story.

    Epilogue: A concluding part added to a literary work.

    There was something about this man that was out of the ordinary, something almost familiar about him.

    Sunlight angled down and caught the right side of his face, caught the long gray hair parted in the middle and brushed back along the top and sides. The sea wind came up and blew his hair, and he reached to push it back from his face, pulled an orange suspender higher on his shoulder, adjusted the leather Swiss Army knife case on his belt. The sun passed behind a cloud, and he fell into shadow for a few seconds before sunlight again came on him. She experienced an involuntary shudder and had a powerful urge to walk outside and talk with the man.

    And later:

    He was glad he had come. It had not been a mistake. Here, in the old bridge, he felt a kind of serenity, and he bathed in the feeling and came quiet within himself. At that moment, he knew this place would be his home ground, the place where his ashes would someday drift out over Middle River. He hoped some of his dust would become one with the bridge and the land, and that some might wash far downstream and into larger rivers and then into all the seas he had crossed on crowded troop ships or night jets to somewhere.

    --From A Thousand Country Roads

    Ten years and twelve million copies after the first printing of The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller brings to a poignant conclusion his story of the love affair between a wandering photographer and the conventional wife of an Iowa farmer. This stirring conclusion is for everyone who loved The Bridges of Madison County.

    In A Thousand Country Roads, Robert Kincaid initially finds himself with little but memories; memories of a lonely existence lived mostly on the road and memories of Francesca Johnson, the woman whose passion he stirred so briefly and with such power.

    So, with his memories pushing him, searching for something undefined, something to give meaning to the rest of his life, Kincaid takes to the road again in what becomes a journey of discovery and surprise.

    With his dog Highway beside him in an old truck named Harry, Kincaid begins a long winding run back to Roseman Bridge in Madison County, Iowa, returning to the place of his great love affair.

    Living her own solitary life, Francesca still visits Roseman Bridge and reflects on her days with Robert Kincaid. Cherishing the memory of the strange, wandering man who changed her world, she vows to search for him.

    On the expedition he calls Last Time, Kincaid wanders through Oregon, northern California eastward to the Dakotas, and on to Iowa. Along the way, a chance encounter with a woman from his distant past reveals another dimension of his life that he could not have imagined.

    Finally, in a Seattle bar called Shortys, where saxophonist Nighthawk Cummings still plays on Tuesday nights, Kincaid turns in his chair, looking inward and outward at the same time, and smiles at what he sees sitting before him.

    And so it comes, the ultimate loner finds he is not as alone as he once believed.

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    5 out of 5 stars book & seller review.......2005-09-03

    My experience with this seller was excellent. Received my book in a few days in perfect "new" condition. So far, book is excellent also. Have not finished reading it yet.
    Seller is definitely proved to be top rating.

    1 out of 5 stars A disastrous epilogue to an excellent story.......2003-11-28

    It would have been much better if this book had never been written. The story in this volume takes place in the time period after the wandering photographer (Robert Kincaid) left Madison County, Iowa, following his short love affair with the conventional wife of an Iowa farmer (Francesca Johnson), until his death. Actually there is not much discussion about Francesca; rather the story is focused on Robert's new discovery of his forgotten son produced from a one-night sexual encounter with a free-spirited girl in Northern California when Robert was much younger. This epilogue dilutes the beautiful love story between Robert and Francesca described in The Bridges of Madison County, which I have always defended against pretentious friends who regarded it as a trashy romance novel. It appears to me that Robert James Waller was forced to write this terrible "A Thousand Country Roads" for some reason which I don't understand.

    1 out of 5 stars A disastrous epilogue to an excellent story.......2003-11-28

    It would have been much better if this book had never been written. The story in this volume takes place in the time period
    after the wandering photographer (Robert Kincaid) left Madison County, Iowa, following his short love affair with the
    conventional wife of an Iowa farmer (Francesca Johnson), until his death. Actually there is not much discussion about
    Francesca; rather the story is focused on Robert's new discovery of his forgotten son produced from a one-night sexual
    encounter with a free-spirited girl in Northern California when Robert was much younger. This epilogue dilutes the beautiful
    love story between Robert and Francesca described in The Bridges of Madison County, which I have always defended against
    pretentious friends who regarded it as a trashy romance novel. It appears to me that Robert James Waller was forced to write
    this terrible "A Thousand Country Roads" for some reason which I don't understand.

    5 out of 5 stars GREAT but what would you expect from Waller??.......2003-10-25

    I don't know what the "average" person expected from this novel -- there would be NO happy ending in reality because we couldn't see the 2 of them get back together! But we did see they never stopped loving each other so that helped us all! I agree with the reviewer that said Francesca should have been featured more and less of the other woman. But all in all -- Waller doesn't let us down. For those of you that don't know -- there is a CD of music -- Ballads of Madison County --its FABULOUS -- I found a copy on ebay -- Waller plays and sings some great songs.

    3 out of 5 stars An easy book to tie it all up...........2003-06-10

    I actually liked this book quite a bit. Now I will say, when I read Bridges I was so overcome with emotion, it also was an easy read, but it really struck a chord (I find this true with my friends also) I was thrilled to see the second book, and it has also hit paperback (a nice, inexpensive option) for you tote with you.

    I loved that the book stayed true to the characters, just kind of taking you inside their lives and minds and souls a little bit more. Kincaid, such a loner and wandereer... but a nice twist is thrown in to this book ( I am not giving it away) that helps you realize his tender side.... Francesca, always the loyal submissive housewife (except for her time with Robert) shows us how these memories both sustained and haunted her after her goodbye to Robert. It's an interesting peak into their lives after the fact.

    You know from reading the first book, that these two do not ever come in contact again, but a for some reason a little part of me thought maybe this book would try to defy it in one small way. I actually think I was hoping for it, but don't worry, Waller doesn't give in so easy.... he stays true to the plot, meanwhile giving you a satisfying look at the ends of these lives.

    If you are looking for a light, easy read, with just enough emotion to touch you (though this is not the kind of book that will ROCK your world or anything) especially if you enjoyed the first book, don't pass this little one up. Even if you haven't read the first one, I think you could still find this one enjoyable. It is always interesting to be pushed into that thought of wondering..... what chances have we missed ??????
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    At last, the rest of the story...

    Ten years and twelve million copies after the first printing of The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller brings to a poignant conclusion his story of the love affair between a wandering photographer and the conventional wife of an Iowa farmer.
    In A Thousand Country Roads, Robert Kincaid initially finds himself with little but memories-memories of a lonely existence lived mostly on the road and memories of Francesca Johnson, the woman whose passion he stirred so briefly and with such power. Kincaid takes to the road again in what becomes a journey of discovery and surprise. With his dog Highway beside him, Kincaid begins a long winding run back to Roseman Bridge in Madison County, Iowa, returning to the place of his great love affair.
    Living her own solitary life, Francesca still visits Roseman Bridge and reflects on her days and nights with Robert Kincaid. Cherishing the memory of the strange wandering man who changed her world, she vows to search for him.

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    5 out of 5 stars A Thousand Country Roads.......2007-04-07

    A great epilogue to another great book (The Bridges of Madison County). Love all of Robert James Waller's work. I would recommend any of his books!

    5 out of 5 stars A Thousand Country Roads.......2007-03-09

    The detail of descriptions is one of the major joys of Robert Waller's writing. You can actually see the places and know the people he meets along his travels. This book is no different and of course, is the conclusion of "Madison County". Same route with new people, new places are all special. Wish the ending could have been more the way I would have liked it but then even life has disapointments.

    5 out of 5 stars A Thousand Country Roads.......2006-07-10

    Mr. Waller does a wonderful job of pulling together all the loose ends left at the finish of "Bridges Of Madison County".
    When Francesca and Robert are about to meet once again at the covered bridge the readers will find themselves reaching for that box of tissues!

    4 out of 5 stars Robert James Waller's books: pages of poetic prose........2006-05-25

    A Thousand Country Roads doesn't disappoint because of Waller's vivid descriptions of Kincaid's natural surroundings, of his life-long memories, and of his unfulfilled dreams. How beautifully he manages to bare the soul of a lonely, aging man. It makes one wonder how many men who walk this earth fail to explore their inner needs till their dying day. Bravo to Waller for showing us that 'real men can love and real men can cry'. Just read this story for the pure enjoyment of Waller's words and expressive emotions, and forget some of the criticisms about this book. Ah, if only I could write with such majesty...and I bet a few of those critics might long for that creative skill as well.

    4 out of 5 stars Great Ending.......2005-08-23

    If you loved Bridges of Madison County this is a great story to tie everything together. Loved it!!
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            5 out of 5 stars Tissues out!.......2007-08-06

            You can sit there and analyse the whole book from a literary & gramatical point of view to death... but some books simply touch us deep inside. They seem to shake our emotions and somehow we connect... maybe we all wish we had a story to tell!

            Totally recomend it if anyone wants to read a book that is short and sweet!

            Its a great book, very emotional so prepare yourself for tears. The movie is fab too.

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            Though Sheriff Milo Dodge connects the victim to the nurse, Emma believes there's something more sinister afoot. So she and Vida Runkel, her formidable house-and-home editor, try writing their own scenario. But the case offers too many subplots, too many suspects, and one crafty killer who leaves no tracks. That is, until Emma hits the deadly trail . . .

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            3 out of 5 stars Murder of an Out of Towner.......2004-05-02

            Things are about normal in Alpine. Emma Lord, owner and publisher of the Alpine advocate is worried about whether she should go to the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association convention.

            The fact that her ex-lover, father of her son Adam, Tom Cavanaugh will be there makes the decision much more difficult. Even though this bum left her pregnant to go back with his pregnant wife, who he married for her money twenty years ago, Emma still thinks she's in love with him. And now that his wife is looney and his other kids are a mess, Tom suddenly decides he wants to have a relationship with their college student son.

            Meanwhile, there is a new woman in town. African-American, Marilynn Lewis who is the new nurse for Dr's Dewey and Flake.
            She's living with the Campbells, a prominant local family, but that doesn't stop a local bigot from sending her hate mail.

            Things get worse when an unknown African-American male stumbles into Marlow Whipp's grocery store and drops dead on the floor from a bullet.

            Who is the man, why would he be in Alpine and who would want to kill him?

            Emma puts on her sleuthing hat to try and uncover the mystery, including discovering that:

            The victim, Kelvin Greene from Seattle is the boyfriend of Marilynn's former roommate Winola.

            Marilynn's former boyfriend Jerome was murdered.

            The supposed murderer, Wesley Charles has escaped from prison.

            Then Wesley Charles also shows up dead in Alpine.

            Who else but Marilynn could have killed him? Unless, it has something to do with the strange goings on at Marlow Whipp's grocery store. How can he stay in business when only teenagers come into his store? What is he actually selling besides pop & candy?

            Milo Dodge, the sheriff seems more interested in locating the stolen local high school mascot than in solving the two murders. So Emma feels she has to continually prod him along.

            Meanwhile, Carla has new apartment and Libby a new roommate, but she's still as ditzy as ever. Ed Bronsky, the advertising manager still doesn't want to sell advertisement. After all, why advertise groceries, people have to eat so they'll always go to your store anyway.

            And Vida Runkel the house & home reporter, who is related to and knows every one in town continues to help.

            I enjoyed the story, although I did figure out the killer, but couldn't figure out the motive. It's not quite as good as the earlier books, but still more enjoyable than most series.

            Highlight of the story: While a couple of hikers are leading them to the location of the second body, Milo grabs and kisses Emma. Not quite the proper setting but at least it's a start.

            Lowlight of the story. The last page. After you read it, you can read my review on the earlier books and know what I'm talking about, don't want to spoil anything.

            Looking forward to the next book, Alpine Escape.

            4 out of 5 stars Bigotry in Alpine.......2001-12-10

            This fourth book of the Alpine series centers around Marilynn, a new nurse in town, who is African-American. She receives hate mail and is discriminated against in different ways. When two African-American males are killed in Alpine, people begin to suspect that Marilynn is connected with the crimes. Newspaper editor Emma Lord takes Marilynn under her wing and decides to protect her from slander and accusations of murder. Emma and her friends uncover some things about Marilynn's background which connect her to the victims, but Emma is convinced that she did not commit the murders. After a few red herrings, Emma finally discovers the truth. This is an enjoyable read, but it was difficult for me to believe that there would be this much discrimination in the 90's and a few loose ends were left at the end, such as who was sending Marilynn the hate mail. Despite these flaws, Daheim is always a good read.

            4 out of 5 stars Alpine Series Is Interesting.......1999-12-31

            After reading the complete Mrs. Pollifax series by Dorothy Gilman, I decided to give Mary Daheim and her Emma Lord mysteries a try. I have read Alpine Decoy and Alpine Escape so far, and I loved both of them. The books are hard to put down, mainly because of the suspense. The only downfall is how long it takes to get to the real "meat" of the story. If you like murder mysteries on the lighter side, this is a good series of books to go with.

            5 out of 5 stars Wonderful addition to the Alpine series!.......1998-12-05

            I absolutely love this series. I can't wait to return to Alpine again
            4 Titles in Emma Lord Series - The Alpine Advocate - Alpine Betrayal - Alpine Decoy - Alpine Escape (An Emma Lord Mystery)
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              4 Titles in Emma Lord Series - The Alpine Advocate - Alpine Betrayal - Alpine Decoy - Alpine Escape (An Emma Lord Mystery)
              Mary Daheim
              Manufacturer: Ballentine
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              Binding: Paperback
              ASIN: B000W0FW24

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              The editor and publisher Emma Lord is duty-bound in a small town in the foothills of Wahington's Cascade Mountains
              5 Titles in Emma Lord Series - The Alpine Advocate - Alpine Betrayal - Alpine Decoy - Alpine Escape - Alpine Fury
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                5 Titles in Emma Lord Series - The Alpine Advocate - Alpine Betrayal - Alpine Decoy - Alpine Escape - Alpine Fury
                Mary Daheim
                Manufacturer: various
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Mass Market Paperback
                ASIN: B000PGAXAQ

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                5 massmarket paperback Titles in Emma Lord Series - The Alpine Advocate - Alpine Betrayal - Alpine Decoy - Alpine Escape - Alpine Fury
                The Alpine Decoy
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                  The Alpine Decoy
                  Mary Daheim
                  Manufacturer: Fawcett
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Paperback
                  ASIN: B000OVJFII

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