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As i read this book, i could not help but remember the film and book, the bridges of madison county, not only because this is a sequel, but i constantly pictured clint eastwood as the main character. A thousand country roads audiobook by robert james waller. Listen to bridges of madison county by robert james waller. Theres an old truism that its easier to make a great movie from a mediocre book than to make even a good movie from a masterpiece. Roseman covered bridge madison county, iowa chamber. The bridges of madison county 1995 rotten tomatoes. It is a story of love miraculously found and then painfully let go. Waller wrote a sequel, a thousand country roads an epilogue to the bridges of madison county, in 2002.
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