This is to introduce us to Vanessa who is the movies narrator and who tells the story of her mother who has faced many battles and romantic troubles in her life. Teddy, Brad's brother was the only character I actually enjoyed through the entire book and even he was undeveloped. When a lot happens and you make it difficult to get attached to characters it can become a speed read. Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world’s bestselling authors, with almost a billion copies of her novels sold.

With over 34566 of her wonderful books adapted for television movies, Steel has killed brain cells across the globe with her mind numbingly delicious stories of love and life.Sweeping from the war-torn palazzos of Rome to the glittering avenues of Manhattan and the glamorous world of high fashion. I did a lot of crying while reading it; I cried over Serena's platinum blond hair, over Brad's death (he was handsome AND American, and handsome American guys don't die early in romance books), over Teddy's humour and boyish charms, over his unrequited love, and over Vanessa's relationship in the end, which was too fucked up for my then innocent mind. Eva LaRue may not be in their league, but she suffers nobly here as the Italian wife of an American army officer who's frozen out of the family by hellish mother-in-law Angie Dickinson.

I take so much offense to your poor style (have you ever in your life heard of a semicolon or a dash? While Danielle Steel is known famously for her strong female leads this was definitely a disappointment. So many war films cast the Germans as the "baddies" but, here, the devastation wrought to individual lives by World War II leaves us no option but to feel pity for the main characters involved, regardless of which side they represent. Columbia Pictures was the first movie studio to make an offer for one of her novels, purchasing the rights to The Ghost in 1998. The novel contained many of the themes that her writing would become well known for, including a focus on family issues and human relationships.

We understand that not everyone can donate right now, but if you can afford to contribute, we promise it will be put to good use. Based in California for most of her career, Steel has produced several books a year, often juggling up to five projects at once. But the author—who has sold nearly 600million books—now lives mostly in Paris, happily husband-less.