Review of The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller

The saga of love, passion and sacrifice takes the reader into a world where no logic of society can define the relationship between a man and a woman. A chance encounter that left the most indelible impression on the life of the two and they spent their whole life cherishing those four unforgettable days.

The story unfolds with a photographer asking for the way to a bridge to a woman and when both came face to face; at that very moment they knew inside their respective hearts that this was the person they were looking for all their life. Though she was forty-five, he fifty-two, their liking for each other was so intense that they went to bed on their second encounter itself. And they made love, with animal intensity and grace at the same time.
Her responsibilities played their part and they had to part ways, but it was only their physical separation, spiritually they had created another being with their conjugation. The being was nowhere to be seen; it was surrounded by a spiritual aura that bound them even after being miles apart. Even when death approaching they were just thinking of each other. In real sense they were never apart; their love uplifted itself to zenith where just the feeling of each other gives you the power to face all the obstacles that come along your way.

I can say wholeheartedly that anyone reading this book can certainly feel the love inside himself. And I would like to add here that this is the second book in my life that made be sob; the first one was Bracken.