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THE B R I D G E S OF M A D I S O N C O U N T Y ROBERT JAMES WALLER Blockbuster praise for the book “Waller knows the secret of romance novels.He writes the way people feel and think when they are frist in love.” —TIME About the book Title:The bridges of madison county Writer:Robert James Waller Press:Grand Central Publishing Date of publication:First International Paperback Printing:September 1995 Frist United States Paperback Printing:June 1997 Reissued:April 2003 Pages:201 About writer The storyline One day in 1965, Robert Kincaid,a photographer of National Geographic asked Francesca,a farmer’s wife whose famlies participate in agricultural fair to lead the way,thus he got to know her.By chatting,they caught on each other and fell in love.Before Francesca’famlies came back,Robert asked her to elope with him,but Francesca refused.24 years later,her children were in formed of their story and were deeply moved.The story also played an important role in their own marriage. Central theme of the book 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 book 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. Classic sentences Nobody understands when a woman makes a choice to marry and have children, in one way her life begins, but in another way, it stops. You build a life of details, and you just stop and stay steady, so that your children can move. And when they leave,they take your life of details with them. You are expected to move on again, but you dont remember what it was that moved you, because no ones asked you in so long. Not even yourself. That’s all,thanks for watching. * * “A work of art.It stirs souls and touches hearts.If you heaven’t yet read it,buy it.” —USA TODAY Robert James Waller,who was bo