Helpful Score: 3
Quick reading love story. Unusual twist at the end. Enjoyed it.
Helpful Score: 3
Robert Waller's books make me feel good. His story telling is real and sentimental...a very good read.
Helpful Score: 1
I lost interest and didn't finish reading this book. Felt it was a waste of my time.
Helpful Score: 1
I gave up after only 47 pages, after losing interest in anything the main character had to think or say. "Michael", the main character, comes across as a self-centered, self-important, condescending, snobbish intellectual who must endure all the ordinary people who surround him. Blech!
Helpful Score: 1
Written by the author of Bridges of Madison County. Enjoyable read.
Helpful Score: 1
A nice love story just alittle drawn out...Bridges of Madison County was definately 100% better than this one, but it was an OK read
This is a fun, "saccharine-filled" tale of middle-aged lovers with a lot of sexy scenes! Hopeless romantics will love this fast read!
starts slow
A man travels to India in search of the woman he loves.
If your looking for a quick summer read...this is it!!!
Love this one
Michael Tillman wasn't a foolish young man, rushing off in pursuit of intangible dreams. He was a down-to-earth, middle-aged, maverick economics professor who still rode a motorcycle that he'd had since he was a teenager. He also never believed in love at first sight, or at least he hadn't until he laid eyes on her...the woman of his dreams.
Her name was Jellie Braden and she was the wife of one of Michael's colleagues, someone who he met at a university in Cedar Bend, Iowa. It was actually mutual attraction at first sight between Michael and the introspective, dark-haired wife of his new colleague. It called forth feelings that just wouldn't disappear.
From the very first instant he saw her, Michael had wanted Jellie with every fiber of his being. Something deep inside had whispered, "That's the one." And Jellie Braden, in her fortieth year, had heard that voice, too.
Their feelings force these two people to come to terms with their lives in ways they hadn't imagined, and it led them both into the magical places only lovers know. But it also brought with it the pain of choices and loss. Jellie wasn't a free woman. She had secrets of her own to keep, and then one day Jellie mysteriously vanishes without an explanation.
So, a year after they met, Michael finds himself heading into the strange, exotic world of south India looking for her. He is a mature man, certain of what he wants; and he's determined to travel the world searching for Jellie to discover the secrets she was hiding and learn what he has to do to make her his...
Although this was Robert James Waller's second novel after the New York Times bestseller The Bridges of Madison County, it is the first book that I've read by this particular author. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The story was absolutely delightful in my opinion; the characters were incredibly well-developed and the story was poignant and heartwarming. I found myself really rooting for these characters, hoping that everything would work out well for them. I give this book an A+! and will certainly be looking for more from this author in the future.
Her name was Jellie Braden and she was the wife of one of Michael's colleagues, someone who he met at a university in Cedar Bend, Iowa. It was actually mutual attraction at first sight between Michael and the introspective, dark-haired wife of his new colleague. It called forth feelings that just wouldn't disappear.
From the very first instant he saw her, Michael had wanted Jellie with every fiber of his being. Something deep inside had whispered, "That's the one." And Jellie Braden, in her fortieth year, had heard that voice, too.
Their feelings force these two people to come to terms with their lives in ways they hadn't imagined, and it led them both into the magical places only lovers know. But it also brought with it the pain of choices and loss. Jellie wasn't a free woman. She had secrets of her own to keep, and then one day Jellie mysteriously vanishes without an explanation.
So, a year after they met, Michael finds himself heading into the strange, exotic world of south India looking for her. He is a mature man, certain of what he wants; and he's determined to travel the world searching for Jellie to discover the secrets she was hiding and learn what he has to do to make her his...
Although this was Robert James Waller's second novel after the New York Times bestseller The Bridges of Madison County, it is the first book that I've read by this particular author. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The story was absolutely delightful in my opinion; the characters were incredibly well-developed and the story was poignant and heartwarming. I found myself really rooting for these characters, hoping that everything would work out well for them. I give this book an A+! and will certainly be looking for more from this author in the future.
IF YOU'RE A ROMANTIC YOU'LL LOVE IT.
This is a wonderful and different kind of romance story. The characters are so vivid, and their connections is so obvious even from the beginning. I had a hard time putting it down. Wonderful read. Not your typical love story but great none the less. I found the inclusion of India culture to be an interesting addition. I am looking forward to reading more by Mr. Waller.
I didn't think that anything could Bridges of Madison County, but Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend does. It is a wonderful book about the development and life of the relationship between a professor and his married colleagues wife. He falls in love with her and follows the love all the way to India. This book is just the right lenght, not too long but not too short.
A fun summer read. A lovely romance.
Only little old ladies with blue permed hair need be wary of Waller's second foray into fiction: this time around, his saccharine tale of middle-aged lovers gets to sex scenes right away. When Michael Tillman, an Iowa economics professor with a rebel streak, first lays eyes on his colleague's wife, Jellie Branden, he immediately wonders "how it would feel to grab a big handful of her hair and bend her over the dean's kitchen table." A few pages later--still in the first chapter--he is fantasizing about stripping Jellie naked and flying to the Seychelles. Though it takes a while to consummate their passion, Jellie is an iconoclast too: like Mike, she smokes and wears jeans to faculty parties, and she is pretty good in the sex fantasy department herself. But Jellie has a Dark Secret (no surprise to the reader when it is revealed) and Michael must go tearing off to India to try to locate her when she runs away from Cedar Bend. Waller's attempt at academic satire is a dud, but he renders the Indian settings quite effectively. An encounter with a tiger is just the sort of sentimental flourish that fans of The Bridges of Madison County will get teary-eyed over; and there's even a coy reference to Robert Kincaid to evoke the earlier novel. To the main question--will this book please Waller's fans?--the answer is a resounding Yes.
Good Story
If you enjoyed Bridges of Madison County, you'll like this one too!
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL READ!
Another bittersweet love story about forbidden love by author of The Bridges of Madison County.
Great romantic read, satisfyingly mature and wise.
also the author of the bridges of madison county.A year after Micheal Tillman met another man's wife at a university in Cedar Bend,Iowa,he find himself heading into srrange,exoctic world of south India looking for her.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book - almost as much as the Bridges of Madison County!
Read this book in one sitting - couldn't put it down!!
The book is better than the movie with Clint Eastwood!
Really good book, from the Author of The Bridges of Madison County
This book was written by the guy who wrote "The Bridges of Madison County" He did not catch lightening in a bottle with this one.
Quick, enjoyable read.
29 weeks on the National Best Seller's List, by the author of the Bridges of Madison County.
By Bridges of Madison County Author.
The Bridges of Madison County was this author's first book. This is more of the same.
By same author as Bridges of Madison County
Jellie Braden is a luminescent free spirt caught in a passionless marriage.MichaelTillman is a lone and restless rider of life on old motorcycles.
BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY "
Also wrote "Bridges of Madison County" and I believe that says it all.
A free spirit, Jellie Braden is caught in a passionless marriage. Michael Tillman is a lone and restless rider of life on old motorcycles..they meet...attraction...their life changes...then
by the author of Bridges of Madison County
A tastefully written about an intense love... and a man's search to the other side of the world, for the woman he knew he must find. You won't be able to lay this one down until you reach its end. HIGHLY recommended!
A good read.
Very quick and enjoyable read!
"It was attraction at first sight between this maverick, middle aged economics professor who still rode his beloved motorcycle from his teenage years and the introspective, dark-haired wife of a new colleague. It called forth feelings that wouldn't disappear. It forced two people to come to terms with their lives in ways they hadn't imagined and it led them both into the magical places only lovers know. But it also brought with it the pain of choices and loss."
Okay story...
From back of book: "Waller is an amazing storyteller." - Washington Post
From the author of #1 bestseller "The Bridges of Madison County" Robert James Waller now "tells another haunting, intelligent, poignant story about a once-in-a-lifetime love, the kind that changes you forever."
By the aurtor Of The Bridges of Madison Coutry.A year after Michael Tillman met another man's wife at the university in Cedar Bend,Iowa,he found himself heading into the strange,exotic world of south India, looking for her.
This book does not have a jacket. It is in pristine shape.
