A Thousand Country Roads

Infobox Book
title=A Thousand Country Roads
author=Robert James Waller
publisher=Little, Brown Book Group
pub_date=2002
isbn=0316724378
preceded_by=The Bridges of Madison County

"A Thousand Country Roads" is a 2002 novel by Robert James Waller. It is the epilogue to "The Bridges of Madison County" which was published in 1992. The author had written this epilogue due to the pouring letters from the fans all over the world requesting to write the rest of the story of Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson after their four-day affair.

Plot introduction

With simple yet moving prose, Robert James Waller weaves together a touching story that tells readers what happened to Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson after their passionate, yet ill-fated affair in "The Bridges of Madison County". In "A Thousand Country Roads" Kincaid initially finds himself with little but memories -- memories of a lonely existence lived mostly on the road and memories of Francesca Johnson, the woman whose passion he stirred so briefly and with such power. So, with his memories pushing him, searching for something undefined, something to give meaning to the rest of his life, Kincaid takes to the road again in what becomes a journey of discovery and surprise. "A Thousand Country Roads" explores the struggles of love, hope, disappointment, and loneliness – everyday issues, which touch us all.

ee also

*Madison County, Iowa

External links

* [http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides3/thousand_country_roads1.asp#top Reading Group Guides: "A Thousand Country Roads"]