A man. A woman. The heat of an Iowa summer. And the brief encounter whose passion will last a lifetime.
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A hauntingly understated love story, set in small town America, that stays with you long after you've reluctantly finished reading the final page (Terence Stamp )
We all dream of the chance meeting, that moment when we feel we are really living. Waller shows us that it can happen, with compelling assurance (Sunday Telegraph )
We all dream of the chance meeting, that moment when we feel we are really living. Waller shows us that it can happen, with compelling assurance (Sunday Telegraph )
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'The Bridges of Madison County' is the story of Robert Kincaid, world-class photographer, and Francesca Johnson, an Iowa farm wife. Given to nomadic ways, Kincaid is a strange, almost mystical traveller, a man who feels displaced and out of harmony with his time. Francesca Johnson, once a young war bride from Italy, lives with the flickering memories of her girlhood dreams.
Each of them is content, yet when Kincaid drives through the heat and dust of an Iowa summer and turns into her farm lane looking for directions, their illusions fall away, and they are joined in an experience of uncommon and stunning beauty, an experience that will haunt them forever.
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I have read this book twice and am now about to read it for the third time.It is the only book that I have read straight through in one day.It is impossible to put it down once you have started it.It is about special love,once in a lifetime love.Love that binds two people throughout their lives even when they cant be together. If you have been fortunate enough to have met your soul mate you will definately be able to relate to this story,and if you havent,it will help you to know what having a soul mate means and how unbreakable real love is.
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Such a touching,poignant story. I have read it over and over again, but daren't any more as it makes me cry without fail, each time I do! As a test, I lent it to my hard-hearted cousin who is interested only in Kung-Fu, just to see whether it was me or just such a beautiful story...and my cousin confessed she too had cried. A haunting, beautiful story- what we all dream about...that elusive person who completes us...and the sacrifice we have the strength to make because we are whole after having known them, knowing that nothing can take away that feeling. Positively beautiful.
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This is a grown up love story that is touching and passionate. It's a 4 day love affair of a photographer and housewife that complete each other. It's a small book with a powerful theme and the ending will tug at the hardest of hearts. I loved this simple, but profound story. It's a special book that deserves recognition for its beauty.
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reading this for our book club
Not a first choice of mine but really glad I did as it was a wonderful read and a fantastic tale. Next book already ordered.
Published 6 days ago by sharrio
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An idealistic tragedy?
Two people, irresistibly brought together by fate or providence, pulled apart by circumstance and conventional responsibility. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Mr. Thomas Hunter
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better than the film
I really enjoyed reading this book. Have seen the film with clint eastwood several times and i found the book brilliant
Published 1 month ago by dawn guthrie
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The Bridges of Madison County
A good read. I have heard the film is even better.
I would have no hesitation in recommending this book.
I would have no hesitation in recommending this book.
Published 1 month ago by les strachan
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You will remember this forever
Hauntingly, movingly beautiful. These two, Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson, personify the image of soul-mates if there is such a thing. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jane Baker
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You either love it or you hate it...
... and if you are in the latter category, you might also be a bit ashamed that you read it... even though it is billed as the largest selling hard-back novel ever. Read more
Published 4 months ago by John P. Jones III
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Book better than film for a change!
I have watched the film more times than I care to tell! It's a wonderful movie with 2 fabulous actors (Eastwood & Streep). Read more
Published 5 months ago by TC
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This is my favourite book ever
love how old this new book appears to be.Have loved the film, cried to the book too. Nice girly story of love and how important a brief encounter can be. Very emotional love story.
Published 5 months ago by Norma S
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Very poignant, but not for everyone
This is an absolute must read for me; be warned though, as I feel this is a well established story due to the movie, I am not going to worry about potential spoilers in this... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jen @ Reading Lark
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Don't, please don't.
There are two good things about this book. It's short. Its title - those three stressed syllables nicely interspersed among the six unstressed ones. And that's it. Read more
Published 11 months ago by mr blue
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