The Bridges of Madison County [Hardcover]

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 Countygives 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.Robert James Waller lived on a remote ranch in the high-desert mountains of Texas, where he pursued his interests in writing, photography, music, economics, and mathematics. He was theNew York Timesbestselling author ofThe Bridges of Madison County,which was adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood and also as a successful Broadway musical, andThousand Country Roads. He died in his home at age 77.