The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller

Meryl Streep played Francesca in the movie.ĥ. Waller’s Book Was One of the Most Successful Novels in HistoryĪccording to AZCentral, Bridges of Madison County became “one of the most beloved (by readers, not by critics) and popular novels of the late 20th century, with sales of 12 million.”Ĭritics thought the book was sappy, but readers fell for the story of the romance between a photographer, Robert Kinkaid, and a farm wife, Francesca Johnson.

Rachael Waller is a photographer who “has photographed various Tribal cultures, artists, musicians, Cowboys, ranches, multi-million dollar horses and the life on the range,” according to Artwalk 2016.Ĥ. He graduated with a degree in Bachelor in. The Texas Monthly article says that Waller’s daughter, Rachael, said “she and her mother confronted her father and Linda separately about the rumors, ‘but there was no proof, and they denied it.'”īow continued to work with the Wallers and even went overseas to India with them, the article reported, quoting Rachael as saying, “My mother thought she’d give her a chance to go somewhere she had never been” but Bow admitted to the affair on the trip and Georgia’s heart “was broken into a million pieces,” the couple’s daughter told the Texas magazine. Robert James Waller was an American fiction author best known for his book The Bridges of Madison County of 1993. The story of Robert Kincaid, the photographer and free spirit searching for the. Waller’s first wife was Georgia Ann Wiedemeier, and they had his only child together, Rachael Waller. cover image of The Bridges of Madison County. 'Bridges of Madison County' author Robert James Waller dies > /Ka1OpLicQS Robert James Waller, (born August 1, 1939, Charles City, Iowa, U.S.died March 10, 2017, Fredericksburg, Texas), American author who wrote the phenomenally popular romance novel The Bridges of Madison County (1991), which was the basis for the blockbuster 1995 movie of the same title, starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.

The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller