The Wedding Dress, Danielle Steel
The Wedding Dress, Danielle Steel
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The Wedding Dress

Bestseller

Author: Danielle Steel

Narrator: Todd McLaren

Unabridged: 10 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/28/2020

Categories: Fiction, Women


Synopsis

In Danielle Steel’s epic new novel, the lives of four generations of women in one family span fortune and
loss, motherhood, tragedy and victories. From the glamorous San Francisco social scene of the 1920s,
through war and the cultural changes of the ’60s, to the rise of Silicon Valley today, this extraordinary novel
takes us on a family odyssey that is both heartbreaking and inspiring, as each generation faces the
challenges of their day.

The Parisian design houses in 1928, the crash of 1929, the losses of war, the drug culture of the 1960s—history holds
many surprises, and lives are changed forever. For richer or for poorer, in cramped apartments and grand mansions,
the treasured wedding dress made in Paris in 1928 follows each generation into their new lives, and represents
different hopes for each of them as they marry very different men.

From inherited fortunes at the outset to self-made men and women, the wedding dress remains a cherished
constant for the women who wear it in each generation and forge a destiny of their own. It is a symbol of their
remaining traditions and the bond of family they share in an ever-changing world.

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 Alicia on May 16, 2020

I'm a little baffled by the high reviews of this book and the fact that this woman has sold hundreds of millions of books. From the start, this book reminded me of a generic children's biography book from the old days in the writing style. Steel tells an 80 year story full of multiple characters lik......more

Goodreads review by JEN A on April 09, 2020

What a marvelous story but then again what do you expect from Danielle Steel. I truly enjoyed the story that crossed several decades following a wedding dress from one generation to the next. The characters felt so real and relatable. Ms. Steel has a way of touching a part of your soul with her book......more

Goodreads review by Alissa on October 11, 2020

Note: I received an advanced reader copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. There’s a decent story in here but as I was reading all I could think was how poorly written it was. No beauty in the words. Phrases repeated over and over. No flow or emotion. What could have been an epic, swe......more

Goodreads review by Suz on March 08, 2022

Quite a bland generational family story where we see a lovely wedding dress go from generation to generation, I think this was the only nice thing about the book! It lacked oomph. I don't even know if I liked any of it. Characters were shallow, made bad choices, and of course this happens in life, bu......more

Goodreads review by Oksana on May 10, 2020

Meh. Forced myself to finish for the story line. Depressing. Reminds me again why I haven’t read DS since I was a teenager.......more