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Loading... The Long Road Home (Danielle Steel)by Danielle Steel
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. It's amusing to hear women say in a rather virtuous way when you mention Danielle Steele that they don't read her books. I became part of that mindset many years ago, but recently I was told that I had to read "The Long Road Home". This is an intriguing and often moving account of the life of a young girl trying to grow up in a home with uncaring and stern parents. To tell more of this very good story would be to spoil it. Very worth reading. It's better written and has more depth than many of Danielle Steele's books. She does usually tell a good story but too often the books are very poorly written. But, it seems to be a winning formula for her so why change? (  ) stonelea | May 10, 2009 |  I thought that the main character was not well developed. The beginning of the book had some pretty brutal descriptions of physical abuse that made me cringe. (  ) PenguinBurger | Feb 11, 2009 | Very intense emo. ( ) Temple1215 | Jun 1, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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Gabriella gets a better break when her parents divorce and dump her in a convent. She meets a sensitive, older man with a deep, dark secret, and pretty soon they've got some steamy erotic secrets in common.
Unfortunately, he's a priest, and troubles erupt that are too much for any confessional to contain. Soon Gabriella is living on the East Side again, only this time in Mrs. Boslicki's boarding house, where the richness in people's hearts makes up for their relative material poverty. A kindly, retired Harvard English professor resembling Einstein nags her into trying her hand and purging her demons as a writer. "When I say you have talent, young lady, I mean it," says Professor Thomas. "They didn't hire me at Harvard to grow bananas." Will Gabriella have the courage to confront her talent? Can she face her past at last, conquer the future, and land a man to share it? Hey, is this a Danielle Steel novel or not? --Tim Appelo
(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:00 -0400)
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