Journey
by Danielle Steel
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Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML:Everyone knows Madeleine and Jack Hunter. Maddy is an award-winning TV anchorwoman. Jack is the head of her network. To the world, theirs is a storybook marriage. But behind the doors of their lush Georgetown home a different story emerges.Maddy has always tried to deny Jack’s subtle put-downs, control, and jealousy. She has no bruises, only the daggers of fear, humiliation, and isolation — as powerful as the gun or the fist, the wounds as deep. It show more seems impossible that a woman the nation idolizes lives in degradation and fear. Maddy’s secrets are well kept, even from herself.
Maddy’s healing begins when she joins the First Lady’s Commission on Violence Against Women. There, she hears eerily familiar stories from terrified wives and girlfriends. And there she comes to know Bill Alexander, a distinguished diplomat. Bill suspects that something is terribly wrong in Maddy’s marriage and begs her to open her eyes.
As she takes the first steps toward freedom, a remarkable series of events unfolds ... a stranger from Maddy’s past reappears ... White House headlines bring the nation to a standstill ... and a devastating tragedy forces Maddy to realize how much has been taken from her. Faced with the most difficult choice of her life, Maddy finds a strength she never knew she had and a gift that will change her life forever.
With wisdom and compassion, bestselling novelist Danielle Steel reminds us that no one is exempt from the effects of abuse, in its subtlest forms. But at its core, Journey is a book about hope, about change, and about daring to be free. show less
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I really didn't think I'd like Danielle Steel. But I truly enjoyed the audio version. Light "Listening"!!
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She works with an anchorman at the news station and takes on more work for the commission. It is an organization to help
battered women to feel good about themselves and to gain courage to take action and do what they have to, to get on with their lives.
She has knowledge and lives it daily but there are no outward signs...
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
She works with an anchorman at the news station and takes on more work for the commission. It is an organization to help
battered women to feel good about themselves and to gain courage to take action and do what they have to, to get on with their lives.
She has knowledge and lives it daily but there are no outward signs...
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Bajo la relación que mantienen Maddy y Jack, un matrimonio aparentemente perfecto, arropado por el éxito profesional, se oculta una pesadilla de maltratos físicos y psicológicos. Danielle Steel, prolífica autora de novela romántica y una de las escritoras más leídas en todos los idiomas, incide con su habitual fuerza narrativa en esta tragedia cotidiana que cada vez resulta más frecuente y estremecedora. A lo largo de las páginas que componen esta magnética historia y con la ayuda de Bill, Maddy, célebre presentadora televisiva, irá conociendo el testimonio de otras mujeres que se encuentran en su situación y adquirirá progresiva conciencia de su problema y de su necesidad de liberarse.
May 1, 2016Spanish
Maddy è un'affermata anchorwoman, Jack, suo marito, è il proprietario dell'emittente televisiva per la quale lei lavora.
Sembrano felici, ma la donna - reduce da una precedente relazione con un uomo violento - si rende conto di essere
completamente manipolata da Jack. E, quando le offrono di entrare nella Commissione sugli abusi contre le donne, Maddy
capisce che può liberarsi dalla tirannia del marito. Danielle Steel conduce le lettrici dietro le porte chiuse di un importante
matrimonio dell'alta società americana, scoprendo quali segreti si nascondono sotto la facciata della vita pubblica.
Sembrano felici, ma la donna - reduce da una precedente relazione con un uomo violento - si rende conto di essere
completamente manipolata da Jack. E, quando le offrono di entrare nella Commissione sugli abusi contre le donne, Maddy
capisce che può liberarsi dalla tirannia del marito. Danielle Steel conduce le lettrici dietro le porte chiuse di un importante
matrimonio dell'alta società americana, scoprendo quali segreti si nascondono sotto la facciata della vita pubblica.
Apr 8, 2010Italian
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Danielle Steel was born in New York City on August 14, 1947. She studied literature, design, and fashion design - first at Parsons School of Design and later at New York University. Her first novel, Going Home, was published in 1972. Her other books include The House on Hope Street, The Wedding, Irresistible Forces, Granny Dan, Bittersweet, Mirror show more Image, The Klone and I, The Long Road Home, The Ghost, Special Delivery, The Ranch, His Bright Light, Southern Lights, Blue, Country, The Apartment, Property of a Noble Woman, The Mistress, Dangerous Games, Against All Odds, The Duchess, Fairytale, Fall From Grace, The Cast, The Good Fight, and Turning Point. A number of her novels have made major bestseller lists and have also been adapted into TV movies or miniseries. She also writes children's books including the Max and Martha series. In 2002, she was decorated by the French government as an Officer of the Order des Arts et des Letters for her contributions to world culture. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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