Although Danielle Steel's writing is horrific by my criticism, I wouldn't doubt that the plot would have been grand as most others have been talking about and I just wish I could see that for myself.

I again can't emphasize enough how well adjusted and likable Antonia is after being so neglected by her mother and then her father. She thought Paris was the most exciting city in the world, and was hoping to be “discovered” by a producer. Normally when a child prefers to be invisible so as not to be seen and heard and most of all loved they grow up and have problems with relationships since they can't trust that they are unworthy of love. Novel clearly gave us the picture of mental trauma all kids go through when the parents are shows their ego and insecurity in marriage life. Unprotected and unloved, she learns that the only way to feel safe is to hide from the dangers around her, drawing as little attention as possible to herself, to be “invisible.Fabienne’s mother realized she was pregnant two months after he had left, and tried to discover his whereabouts from the army base in Paris.

true Danielle Steel style, this book takes you through all the emotions and feels of family dynamics. As a child, she is abandoned in the abyss that yawns between them, blamed by her mother, ignored by her father, and neglected by both. Danielle Steel is an author I like to read occasionally but based on your review I think I’ll give this one a pass. I love that this book really shows how parents can take out so much on their kid, and how much that can mold the kid.I did find this an interesting set up, but again it left me feeling like I had scratched the surface only. We also use them to help detect unauthorized access or activity that violate our terms of service, as well as to analyze site traffic and performance for our own site improvement efforts. How Antonia grew to be her own person, and didn’t let her childhood and the treatment from her parents sway her. After her mother leaves to pursue her Hollywood dreams of becoming an actress, Antonia spends time getting lost in books and movies. They were not enormously rich, but they were comfortable, and he had left his widow and only son enough money to live well on.

She looked nothing like any of the conservative, well-­brought-­up women he knew, and was stunningly beautiful. For him, she was a brief wartime experience, an exotic memory he would carry with him, but knew he would never see her again. Her many international bestsellers include Property of a Noblewoman , Blue , Precious Gifts , Undercover , Country , Prodigal Son , Pegasus , A Perfect Life , and other highly acclaimed novels. Want to thank NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine ~ Delacorte Press for this eGalley. Thank you to Net Galley, Danielle Steel and Random House Publishing Group-Ballantine-Delacorte Press for generously providing me with my ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.I’m assuming this is a love story about a rich old man who falls in love with a beautiful young woman/orphan/foundling. When she makes a filmmaker who encourages her passion of being behind the camera by having her explore being in front of the camera. Antonia made me feel so sorry for her because she often hid or disappeared because she felt like her mother flew into rages because she thought being a wife and mother was keeping her from becoming an actress.