This book, a major American literary phenomenon that spent over 90 weeks on the bestseller lists of the country's major newspapers, rightfully became the undisputed winner of the ABBY Book Award. In the US alone, the first print run of this novel by a then-unknown author, a professor from Iowa, sold seven million copies. 'The Bridges of Madison County' is a once-in-a-lifetime novel, a story of love and loss.