The bridges of Madison County, Waller, Robert James

The book begins at August 8, 1965. Robert Kincaid leaves his apartment in Bellingham, Washington, to go to Iowa. He is an only child, his parents both died, distant relatives and no close friends. He was married to Marian, she left him nine years ago after five years of marriage. He is fifty-two now. Chapter 2 begins with the thoughts of Francesca, she’s sixty-seven. Her husband Richard died 8 years ago. She thinks about her love affair with Robert Kincaid, 22 years ago. Francesca died in January of 1989, she was sixty-nine years old. She left a letter to Michael and Carolyn, telling her story about her life, after she met Robert Kincaid, she had to think every day about him, she wrote. The preface tells how the book came into being, the