Book, 1992 by Robert James Waller If you've ever experienced the one true love of your life, a love that for some reason could never be, you will understand why readers all over the world were so moved by this small, unknown first novel that they made it a publishing phenomenon and #1 bestseller. The story of Robert Kincaid, the photographer and free spirit searching for the covered bridges of Madison County, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for the fulfillment of a girlhood dream, The Bridges of Madison County gives voice to the longings of men and women everywhere--and shows us what it is to love and be loved so intensely that life is never the same again.
Movie, 1995 directed by Clint EastwoodFeatures: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep
Awards: Meryl Streep was nominated for an Oscar: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Did you know? Madison County is one of five counties that make up the Des Moines/West Des Moines Metro area...I saw the sign for The Bridges of Madison County on Hwy 35 quite often while I lived there, but never visited.
Have you read it or seen it? An epilogue called A Thousand Country Roads was published in 2002. It tells the remainder of the two main characters' stories after their brief affair. Have you read it?
