

The Award
Author: Danielle Steel
Narrator: Adam Verner
Abridged: 7 hr 1 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 11/01/2016
Categories: Fiction, Sagas, Romance, Historical Fiction
Author: Danielle Steel
Narrator: Adam Verner
Abridged: 7 hr 1 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 11/01/2016
Categories: Fiction, Sagas, Romance, Historical Fiction
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel was born on August 14, 1947 in New York. Her father was a descendant of the Lowenbrau beer family and her mother was the daughter of a diplomat. She studied both literature and fashion design, first attending the Parsons School of Design and then New York University, graduating in 1967. Danielle Steel is currently the bestselling author alive today, and the fourth bestselling author of all time with over 650 million copies of her books sold. Steel has written 129 books, 93 of which were novels, primarily romance. Every one of her novels has achieved best seller status. She has been published in 69 countries and in 43 different languages. She has had 22 of her novels adapted for television movies and two of those received Golden Globe nominations. Danielle releases three new novels a year and works on multiple books at a time, often as many as five at once.
Steel has been married five times and although she is currently divorced, she is a strong believer in marriage and family. An only child, she discovered the joys of a big family as a child through one of her friends. She has nine children (seven biological and two stepsons that she has always considered her own) that are her greatest accomplishment. Her joy in life is her children and she speaks of them frequently on her website and her blog. Many of her books have been dedicated to one or more of her children. She was based in California for most of her career and now lives in both San Francisco and Paris.
Actually 1.5 Stars - I rounded up out of the goodness of my heart. Here's how I feel about my first Danielle Steel experience... This novel is proof that a potentially great plot can be destroyed by poor writing. Sorry to all the Steel fans out there who've bought 750 million of these things, but my......more
I wrote earlier that I was finished with Danielle Steel, but when I saw this I convinced myself to read just one more book, much like agreeing to have lunch with an old friend with whom I no longer have much in common. The book started out promisingly as Gaelle suffered through World War II and beca......more
Beautiful story and not sure why my mind kept wandering. This type of book would usually be a one sitting read, like most of Danielle Steel books are for me, but honestly it didn’t hold my attention completely. However it was a moving story worth reading. Really good meaning behind this story.......more
This was one of Danielle Steel's better books. A beautifully told story With heart, depth for humanity, love of family and others and humility in Caring and serving. Gaelle de Barbet was sixteen when this story began And ends when she is ninety-five and receiving a hero's reward for what She did during......more
Another very good and well polished book by Danielle Steel. We follow the life of Gaelle, a French girl, living in Lyon when the Germans invaded. We follow her as she joins the Resistance, gets branded as a collaborator, becomes a model, falls in love, the journey through motherhood and so much more......more