Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend

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Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend
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First edition (US)
Author Robert James Waller
Cover artistHoni Werner
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Warner Books (US)
Publication date
1993
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages197
ISBN 0-446-51653-8

Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend is a novel by Robert James Waller. It was the third highest seller in the US in 1993, after Waller's Bridges of Madison County , to which this book was his followup, [1] and John Grisham's The Client . Over two million copies were in print by the end of 1993. [2] Like the main protagonist, Waller was an economics professor and so draws on his own experiences teaching at Northern Iowa University . [3]

Contents

Plot introduction

Michael Tillman is an unconventional Iowa tenured economics professor, rides a vintage motorcycle and walks barefoot as he teaches Boolean Algebra. He feels an immediate attraction to Jellie Braden when she walks into a dean's reception with her husband Jimmy. Their common experiences links Jellie and Michael together in India and within a year the affair is consummated. Jellie then disappears to India and Michael heads to Pondicherry to find Jellie and her complicated past. He eventually tracks her down to a hotel on Periyar Lake and her secrets are revealed... [4] [5]

Reception

References

  1. Prial, Frank J. (31 October 1993). Son of Madison County (book review), The New York Times
  2. McClurg, Jocelyn (12 November 1993). Waller, As The `Last Cowboy,' Riding High In The Saddle, Hartford Courant
  3. Bridges of Madison County, Take Two : SLOW WALTZ IN CEDAR BEND, Los Angeles Times Oct 24 1993, by Charles Champlin
  4. 1 2 "Fiction book review: Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  5. 1 2 SLOW WALTZ IN CEDAR BEND | Kirkus Reviews.