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96 of 98 people found the following review helpful:
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For fans of the first,
By A O Cazola (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Thousand Country Roads: An Epilogue to The Bridges of Madison County (Hardcover)
It has been a long time since we've heard these all-too familiar names: Francesca Johnson and Robert Kincaid. A decade ago, it was impossible to enter a movie theatre or abookstore without being bombarded with images of the world's all-time bestselling hardcover novel: The Bridges of Madison County. Now, we hear those names again...A Thousand Country Roads is aptly described on the book jacket as an epilogue to Bridges. It is exactly that. This new book shows us some of the inbetween spaces in the lives of Robert and Francesca. A Thousand Country Roads aims to answer some questions about what happened to the two lovers after their affair at Roseman Bridge. What it does, and does well, is give us more insight into how the events in Bridges affected both Francesca and Robert and how they deal with it. Interestingly, for both people, a nostalgic journey is in the works. Adding some excellent new characters and a few very clever twists, Robert Waller has recreated a lot of the magic of Bridges in this new tale. Readers who loved Bridges will anxiously follow the paths of Robert and Francesca as they explore what happened over those stolen four days, and examine what their lives have become Because of its nature though (it is an epilogue), it is certainly not going to be enjoyed by anyone who hasn't already read Bridges of Maisdon County. The magic of Bridges is sustained in A Thousand Country Roads, and, a decade later, Robert Waller is back on the map. An execllent way to complete the picture for anyone who read and loved The Bridges of Madison County.
38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: A Thousand Country Roads: An Epilogue to The Bridges of Madison County (Hardcover)
In this sequel to Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller takes us back to the story of the great love affair between Robert Kincaid & Francesca Johnson. Though we know the ultimate outcome from the Bridges of Madison County, in A Thousand Country Roads, we get to go back into Robert Kincaid's life and see what roads he travelled after his life changing experience in Madison County, Iowa. Did Robert Kincaid ever get over his love for Francesca & find happiness? Was his life one fulfilled or one left with unrealized dreams? Waller warns the reader in the beginning, that A Thousand Country Roads is a book that most likely cannot stand on it's own, but should be read as an epilogue to Bridges of Madison County. Going forward and backward in time throughout the novella, we get to see both a Robert Kincaid pre-Francesca as well as what happened to the post-Francesca man who left the woman he loved to stay with her husband and family. Waller takes us through some interesting events in Kincaids life, but at times the story got too bogged down with details of Kincaids photographs instead of focusing on the feelings and thoughts of Kincaid. I wanted more of who this character was, what his heart and mind were thinking, and less about the ins and
26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I DEVOURED IT IN ONE SITTING,
This review is from: A Thousand Country Roads: An Epilogue to The Bridges of Madison County (Hardcover)
Before writing this I first read the ten reviews presented here. Perhaps I've become too long in the tooth to relate to the lack of heart in these spiritless opinions. For example, "I didn't look at the book for a week," wrote one. By contrast, I couldn't wait to tear the Amazon package apart and start reading. It's the first book in recent memory that I've read in one sitting. I'll not embellish those hackneyed expressions: riveting and page turner but I couldn't leave my chair.I don't believe I yawned once; my wife returned from opera at midnight to find me just as I was closing the book. I told her, "it was one of the most fascinating books I've read in the past five years [I very much liked "James Adams" but I used two weeks to read it. Not so with Thousand Country Roads. No mention of other reviewers is made of the inclusion of Carlisle McMillan or his mother. Of the electricity generated when Kincaid peered through the window of her Mendicino shop, when Francesca discovered Highway's dog tag. And I suppose the others have no great interest in geography and the routes Kincaid covered because none of this, the trip to Big Sur, was ever mentioned. This is not made in the deprecatory sense toward other reviewers but somehow I don't believe that any of them have lived long enough to feel the innate essence of what traveled through Kincaid's thoughts. For example, they found nothing remarkable re Blackhawk when Waller wrote: "Old men worry about each other..." When Waller wrote: "At one time, Robert Kincaid would have jumped down from the truck box, but now he sat on the tailgate and gently slid off." Those were very perspicacious observations but it takes someone over 45 with the experience to even notice they had been written. I thought it was a helluva fine story. Very tasteful, even better than "Bridges" and I salute Waller for having written it. Unfortunately,there were possibly too many of the reviewers who didn't fully feel or understand the brisance of its many impelling nuances.
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