The Ghost (Danielle Steel)

The people the ghosts had chosen Kindle Customer A great history of life, the hardships and the difficulties of living in a much more difficult time in our country. It also addresses the ways women were treated, sometimes as less than the way men were treated. The best was how we each deal with the disappointments and tragedies that come to us but by living through them, we find peace.. Excellent book! Couldn't put it down Excellent book! Couldn't put it down. Some books she repeats things over and over again about a character or situation, like we didn't get it the first time. Case in point, Prodigal Son. How many times does she have to say how much the parent thought of one son and how much the brothers hated each other? Anyway, this was an excellent book, right to the point.. "A Rare Gem from Ms.Steel." according to Nanci Squier-Beem. This book is truly one of very best of all Ms. Steel's many, many books and one of my three favorites along with "Legacy" and "Once in a Lifetime." I always enjoy well-crafted books that can skillfully weave together the present with a previous century. The plot is simply riveting.

Forced into marriage to a vicious aristocrat in 18th century England, the fragile heiress found the strength to flee, leaving everything behind to brave alone the perilous crossing to post-revolutionary America. There, in the wilderness of western Massachusetts, amid soldiers, settlers, and natives living in uneasy truce, she carves out a peaceful place for herself, wanting nothing more. At the same time, Charles' exhilarating career as an innovative international architect is thrown badly off track when his company orders him back to New York to administer the politicized and aesthetically stagnant head office. A small chateau lies hidden in the New England woods. His wife of nine years has fallen in love with another man and brought an abrupt end to their once blissful life together in London. But it is as pristine and exquisite as if it had been built yesterday, and the incandescent spirit that fills and surrounds it keeps a timeless love alive and gives a shattered man the strength to begin again.Charles Waterston is sure his life is over at 42. But her life truly begins when she meets Francois de Pellerin, the enigmatic intermediary between the army and the tribes, as dangerous as he is fascinating.Separated by centuries, united by a deathless courage and a magical place, two lives converge in an unforgettable tribute to life and a new beginnings in Danielle Steel's spellbinding new novel, Ghost.. Without friends or family, unable to regain his foo

Architect Charles Waterston has a job he loves, a charming and beautiful wife, and an idyllic life in London. But when everything comes crashing down around him--his wife leaving him for another man and his sudden transfer back to the New York home office--Charles takes a well-deserved ski vacation in Vermont. Charles soon finds himself drawn to Sarah, and he even visits the local historical society in an attempt to learn more about her. There he meets lovely, timid Francesca Vironnet, the historical society curator and librarian, who has fled France with her young daughter. Through Sarah's journals and Francesca's kindness, Charles is able to heal his heart and learn to love again. Complete with Steel's trademark poignancy but minus the glitz and glamour so evident in many of her novels, The Ghost is an outstanding read. While investigating in the attic one day, Charles discovers th