Coco Barrington leads a simple life following the death of her boyfriend, Ian. Coco's sister, Jane, is one of Hollywood's top film producers living with her lover Liz. Her widowed mother Florence is a successful author with a secret of her own. A dropout from college and considered the black sheep and underachiever of the family, Coco is constantly demeaned by her sibling and mother. She chooses to turn her back on her affluent upbringing to live a quiet life in her "shack" at the beach in Bolinas and operate a small business of dog-walking for the rich and elite.
House-sitting for Jane at her San Francisco home produces an unexpected visitor, British actor Leslie Baxter. Their totally unexpected love affair is surprising to both Coco and Leslie. Threatened at every turn by the paparazzi, Coco cannot visualize a life of being pursued and in danger the rest of her life. Desperately wanting to spend the rest of her life with Leslie, Coco now has to make the most important decision of her life.
Coco is such a beautiful and warm soul who always sets aside her own concerns. I fell in love with her instantly. It's wonderful to finally see her come into her own and become an independent woman. The love she and Leslie feel for one another is real and extremely rare, defying all Hollywood romances. I thoroughly enjoyed this read.
Danielle Steel celebrates families of every stripe in her
compelling new novelβa tale of three very different couples
who struggle and survive, love, laugh, and learn to take
lifeβ¦Coco Barrington was born into a legendary
Hollywood family, her last name loaded with expectations.
Her mother is a mega-bestselling author who writes under the
name of Florence Flowers β and her sister, Jane, is one of
Hollywoodβs top producers. Theyβre not your typical family
by any means.β¦Jane has lived with her partner, Liz, for ten
years, in a solid, loving relationship. Florence, widowed
but still radiant, has just begun a secret romance with a
man twenty-four years her junior. And Coco, a law school
dropout and the family black sheep, works as a dog walker,
having fled life in the spotlight for the artsy northern
California beach town of Bolinas.But when Coco
reluctantly agrees to dog-sit in Janeβs luxurious home, she
soon discovers how much things can change in just a matter
of days.β¦It turns out Janeβs house comes complete with an
unexpected houseguest: Leslie Baxter, a dashing but
down-to-earth British actor whoβs fleeing a psycho
ex-girlfriend. Their worlds couldnβt be more different. The
attraction couldnβt be more immediate. Suddenly Coco
is seeing things differently: Leslie is not just a
celebrity, heβs a single dad to an adorable six-year-old
girl. Her mother is not just a self-centered walking
advertisement for great cosmetic surgery, sheβs a woman in
love, with vulnerability and new insight. And Jane and Liz
are about to take the bravest plunge of allβinto parenthood.
As Coco contemplates a future with one of Hollywoodβs
hottest stars, as her mother and sister settle into their
lives, old wounds are healed and new familes are formedβsome
traditional, some not so traditional, but all bonded by
love.With wit and intelligence, Danielle Steelβs new
novel explores love in all its guises, taking us into the
lives of three unusual but wonderfully real couples.
Funny, sexy, and wise, One Day at a Time is at once
moving, thought provoking, and utterly impossible to put
down.From the Hardcover edition.
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