The Bridges of Madison County – Robert James Waller Free Audiobook

Written by Robert James Waller
Read by Mitch Greenberg
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Hachette Audiobooks
The Bridges of Madison County Series, Book 1
Release date: May 26, 2006
Duration: 04:04:23

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 were so moved by this small, unknown first novel that they made it a publishing phenomenon and #1 bestseller.

In August 1965, 52-year-old divorce Robert Kincaid packs his pickup truck and travels to Iowa’s Madison County, the location of seven covered bridges he is to photograph for National Geographic . There, he asks directions of Francesca Johnson, alone at home while her husband and two children visit the Illinois State Fair. Initially, neither Robert nor Francesca expects their random encounter to lead to seduction, yet their mutual desire is undeniable. Waller tells their story as though it were nonfiction, claiming to have heard about Francesca from her children after her death, read her journals, seen Robert’s relics of those four days and interviewed a jazz musician who knew the photographer. Scenes between the lovers are movingly evoked and moments with Francesca, who celebrates her birthday 22 years later by reflecting on her brief time with Robert, are particularly poignant, an erotic, bittersweet tale of lingering memories and forsaken possibilities.