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The Bridges of Madison County

Book Review by: geeto     

Original Author: Robert James Waller
Write your abstract here.A powerful love story that is so haunting that it affects you inways you are not even aware of till
you come to the end.Robert L. Kincaid, photographer, contract shooter for the National Geographic Magazine turns up on Francesca Johnson''s doorstep one lazy afternoon in August 1965. He is a vagabond , a traveller  with no ties or roots, she a farm wife steeped in the life of a wife and mother in a traditional , staid Iowan farm community.They are inexplicably drawn to each other by a shared love of beauty, of adventure- his experiences are real while hers have existed only in her dreams so far.Their attraction is intellectual, emotional and physical transcending all barriers of morality and convention. while her husband and children are away for a few days, she helps Kincaid photograph the covered bridges especially the Roseman bridge.She discovers facets to his personality underneath his strangely shy exterior that she has never encountered in any other person.In four days thay are bound to each other for life. yet when they part, they never meet again.The story is simple, strightforward and understated. However, the author has managed to achieve, through his narrative, a hauntingly beautiful, painful quality that stays with the readre long after he or she has finished reading.Kincaid''s deep and abiding love for Francesca who sacrifices her own love for her family is truly romantic.There is a fragile, etereal quality to this story that make sit a must-read.
Published: April 17, 2007

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