The Bridges Of Madison County

Nov 9, 2025 2:57 AM

Author:Robert James Waller

Fall in love with one of the bestselling novels of all time -- the legendary love story that became a beloved film starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.

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 are so moved by this small, unknown first novel that they became 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.

Reviews

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

It's a joy... it has an energetic charm that's quite impossible to resist

—— Literary Review

If originality, a compelling tale and an adventure in the kitchen are what you crave, Like Water For Chocolate serves up the full helping

—— Carla Matthews , San Francisco Chronicle

A wondrous, romantic tale, fuelled by mystery and superstitition as well as by the recipes that introduce each chapter

—— Los Angeles Times

Exuberant... for those who like their wines full-bodied and their meals rich and zesty... earthly secrets of strength, suffering, passion and cooking in a humorous and well-drawn portrait of a woman who loves as well as she cooks

—— Washington Post

Subverts macho morality with refreshingly unexpected narrative twists magical realism... pacing that rivals Romancing the Stone

—— Maureen Freely

An enchanting book, an open-eyed fairy story

—— Barbara Trapido

Wonderful... hard to put down... it is rare to come across a book so unusual

—— Steve Vines , South China Morning Post

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