Granny Dan - Danielle Steel

Miracle - Danielle Steel

Advantages: Short and easy read
Disadvantages: None

about his intention to sell his house and sail off around the world though this doesn't stop Quinn and Maggie falling in love with each other. Danielle Steel guides us through the highs / lows / joys / losses and achievements of thee three characters until I was hoping that Quinn would change his mind about leaving............... he doesn't!! Instead he reconciles with his daughter (with some urging to do so from Maggie) and he leaves his friends behind and sails off "to atone for all that he couldn't change now". Though when his boat sails into a large and very dangerous storm Quinn has an epiphany that leads to the ending I was hoping for. I liked all three main characters in this book - each one bought something different to the party and I had sympathy/empathy for each of them. Quinn was a great character though I felt he was ...

booeze123 07.07.2009 (13.07.2009) · Read full review
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Honour Thyself by Danielle Steel Nice story

Advantages: An easy read
Disadvantages: A bit bland

I haven?t read a Danielle Steele book for about 10 years but I had a £5 voucher for WHS and this book was in the half price bit so I read the back and it sounded interesting so thought I?d give it a go. The Storyline The story is set around Carole Barber who is a huge film star who seems to have come to a cross roads in her life. She hasn?t made a film in three years after losing her husband and is trying to write a book but has writers block. Carole decides to visit Paris where she lived for a few years to see if she can get the answers to some questions and have a break. On her first day there on her way back to the hotel her taxi is going through a tunnel when there is a huge explosion and Carole is left unconscious and fighting for her life in hospital. She had no ID on her so it takes a few weeks to identify her ...

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Danielle Steel -the Face behind the Story

Advantages: over 70 amazing books to peruse and enjoy
Disadvantages: none to mind

Danielle Steel was born August 14th 1947 in New York City and was named Danielle Fernande Dominique Schuelein-Steel by her parents John Schulein Steel and Norma da Câmara Stone Reis, John was a descendant of the founders of Lowenbrau beer and Norma was the daughter of a Portuguese diplomat. She was an only child and until she was seven she spent most of her time living in France, Her parents divorced when she was 7 and her father then took her to live with him in New York city. Here she was able to experience how the rich and famous lived, as her father was known to throw many lavish dinner parties that she was around to witness. Danielle had always shown a keen interest in writing literature - in fact she would write stories from a young age, and by the time she had reached her teens she ventured into poetic literature and started ...

yummy.mummy 04.03.2008 · Read full review
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