Mostra i risultati per autore "Danielle Steel"

Camille ha avuto un'infanzia perfetta, circondata dall'amore e da ettari di vigneti nella bellissima Napa Valley, a nord di San Francisco, in California. Lì, tra dolci colline verdi e coltivazioni a perdita d'occhio, i suoi genitori, con dedizione e impegno, hanno dato vita a una rinomata azienda vinicola e una meravigliosa tenuta, ispirata all'antica proprietà di famiglia a Bordeaux. Ma quando, dopo la laurea, Camille torna a casa per aiutare a gestire Château Joy, come ha sempre sognato, la favola s'interrompe bruscamente.

Molti definirebbero perfetta la vita di Blaise McCarthy. Icona dell'informazione televisiva, a quarantasette anni Blaise vanta una carriera invidiabile e gira il mondo per intervistare uomini potenti e capi di stato, ponendo loro domande scomode con coraggio e determinazione. Nessuno sa, però, che Blaise è la madre single di una ragazzina non vedente, Salima.

Inizia tutto in una sera d'estate, con quel tipo di magia che si trova solo a Parigi. Sei amici, molto affiatati, s'incontrano a una cena, elegante quanto esclusiva. Un evento che si svolge una volta all'anno nella Ville Lumière, all'ombra dei luoghi simbolo della città - a Notre-Dame, vicino all'Arco di Trionfo, ai piedi della Tour Eiffel, Place de la Concorde, tra le piramidi del Louvre, a Place Vendôme -, e dove tutto è rigorosamente in bianco. Dal vestito degli ospiti alle tovaglie, dai fiori alla porcellana.

Oliver Watson's world suddenly dissolves around him when Sarah, his wife of 18 years, returns to Harvard to get her master's degree. Oliver is left on his own, with three children and a freedom he never wanted and doesn't completely understand. His family's needs and demands suddenly consume his life. When Oliver's mother is diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease and dies soon thereafter, Oliver's father's life is changed, as well. Braver than his son with less of a future before him, George Watson, at 72, quickly embraces new relationships and, eventually, a new life.

In this funny, lovely, moving memoir, Danielle Steel tells the story of how she met a dog the size of a mouse with a personality that could light up an entire room. From Minnie's arrival at home in San Francisco to clothes-shopping jaunts in Paris, her adventures provide the perfect backdrop for a heartfelt look at the magic that dogs bring to our lives and howthey become part of the family.

On Sarah Whitfield's 75 birthday, memories take her back to New York in the 1930s. To a marriage that ends after a year, leaving Sarah shattered. A trip to Europe with her parents does little to raise her spirits, until she meets William, Duke of Whitfield. In time, despite her qualms, William insists on giving up his distant right to the British throne to make Sarah his duchess and his wife. On their honeymoon, the newlyweds buy an old French château, but not long after, the war begins. William joins the allied forces, leaving Sarah; their first child, an infant; and their second child on the way, in France.

Smart, likable, Bernie Fine was the wonder boy of Wolff's, New York's most glamorous department store. A senior VP moving up, he arrives in San Fransisco to open a West Coast store. His career is skyrocketing, but his life is lacking a center. When he looks into the wide, innocent eyes of five-year-old Jane O'Reilly, and then into the equally enchanting eyes of her mother, Liz, Bernie knows he has found what he has been looking for. Bernie thought he had found love to last a lifetime, but when Liz is stricken with cancer shortly after the birth of their first child, time becomes painfully short.