The Good Fight, Danielle Steel
The Good Fight, Danielle Steel
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The Good Fight

Bestseller

Author: Danielle Steel

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 7 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/10/2018

Categories: Fiction, Women


Synopsis

Against the electrifying backdrop of the 1960s, Danielle Steel unveils the gripping chronicle of a young woman discovering a passion for justice and of the unsung heroes she encounters on her quest to fight the good fight. The daughter and granddaughter of prominent Manhattan lawyers, Meredith McKenzie is destined for the best of everything: top schools, elite social circles, the perfect marriage. Spending her childhood in Germany as her father prosecutes Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials, Meredith soaks up the conflict between good and evil as it plays out in real time. When her family returns to the United States, she begins blazing her own trail, swimming against the tides, spurred on by her freethinking liberal grandfather, determined to become a lawyer despite her traditional, conservative father's objections. She forges a lifelong friendship with a young German Jewish woman whose family died in the concentration camps. And while her grandfather rises to the Supreme Court, Meredith enlists in the most pressing causes of her time, fighting for civil rights and an end to the Vietnam War. From the bright morning of JFK's inauguration, through the tumultuous years that follow as America hurtles toward the twin assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, Meredith joins the vanguard of a new generation of women, breaking boundaries socially, politically, and professionally. But when the violence of the era strikes too close to home, her once tightly knit family must survive a devastating loss, and rethink their own values and traditions in light of the times. Encompassing the remarkable people Meredith meets, the historic events she witnesses, and the sacrifices she must make, this is the story of a woman changing her world as she herself is changed by it. Beautifully told, brimming with unforgettable moments and characters, The Good Fight is an inspiring, uplifting novel with resonance for our own times.

About Danielle Steel

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Suzzie on July 17, 2018

This was one of my favorite Danielle Steel books so far (haven’t read all of her books; not even close). This was a great story that takes place throughout some of the biggest happenings in American history with a very strong-willed lead in Meredith. Her best friend was a great supporting female cha......more

Goodreads review by Terri on August 08, 2018

Good story, really horrible writing. It was repetitive and I swear, there wasn’t enough alcohol in the country to finish a drinking game with how often Ms. Steel said that her father didn’t understand, he was a Republican, he wanted her to get married, blah blah blah. Give the story ideas to someone......more

Goodreads review by Sherri on July 21, 2018

I am a die hard fan of Danielle Steel. Always have been since the 70’s (or was it the 80’s) and I always get excited when I see she has a new book out. When I read the inside cover of this, i thought uh oh because I’m not big into politics or what had happened in the 60’s with the Vietnam war, etc.......more

Goodreads review by Merrill on July 21, 2018

Typical Danielle Steel novel, a good story that is not very well written. But we keep reading them, right? That keeps her churning them out. This one will take you back to the 1960s if you can remember the civil rights movement and women's liberation, the Vietnam war and the tragic assassinations. The......more

Goodreads review by Deacon Tom on February 15, 2022

Nice Story “The Good Flight” was a good book but not great. I was not very impressed with the writing. It seemed to get lost between the story as a focus and the characters. It was very predictable.......more