Delacorte Press
November 2008
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Featuring: Annabelle Worthington
336 pages ISBN: 0385340265 EAN: 9780385340267 Hardcover Add to Wish List
From the glittering ballrooms of Manhattan to the fires of World War I, Danielle Steel takes us on an unforgettable journey in her new novelβa spellbinding tale of war, loss, history, and one womanβs unbreakable spirit....
Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a life of privilege, raised amid the glamour of New York society, with glorious homes on Fifth Avenue and in Newport, Rhode Island. But everything changed on a cold April day in 1912, when the sinking of the Titanic shattered her family and her privileged world forever. Finding strength within her grief, Annabelle pours herself into volunteer work, nursing the poor, igniting a passion for medicine that would shape the course of her life.
But for Annabelle, first love, and a seemingly idyllic marriage, will soon bring more griefβthis time caused by the secrets of the human heart. Betrayed, and pursued by a scandal she does not deserve, Annabelle flees New York for war-ravaged France, hoping to lose herself in a life of service. There, in the heart of the First World War, in a groundbreaking field hospital run by women, Annabelle finds her true calling, working as an ambulance medic on the front lines, studying medicine, saving lives. And when the war ends, Annabelle begins a new life in Parisβnow a doctor, a mother, her past almost forgottenβ¦until a fateful meeting opens her heart to the world she had left behind. Finding strength in the most unlikely of friendships, pulling together the broken fragments of her life, Annabelle will return to New York one more timeβthis time as a changed woman, a woman of substance, infused with lifeβs experience, building a future filled with hopeβ¦out of the rich soil of the past.
Filled with breathtaking images and historical detail, Danielle Steelβs new novel introduces one of her most unique and fascinating characters: Annabelle Worthington, a remarkable woman, a good woman, a true survivor who triumphs against overwhelming odds. For Annabelleβs story is more than compelling fiction, it is a powerful celebration of life, dignity, and courageβand a testament to the human will to survive.
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