Answered Prayers
by Danielle Steel
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Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML:Danielle Steel’s 56th bestselling novel is about family and friendship, about one woman’s struggle to break free from the past—and the man who helps her triumph. And most of all, it is about daring to believe in...Answered Prayers.On the outside, Faith Madison is the very picture of a sophisticated New Yorker. Slim, blond, stylish, Faith has a life many would envy. Overcoming a childhood marked by tragedy, married to a successful investment banker show more and having raised two grown daughters, Faith has enjoyed her role as mother and wife, and the good life that emanates from their bustling Manhattan town house. But every step of the way, Faith has carried within her a secret she could divulge to no one. And with it, she has kept an even more painful secret from herself.
For Faith, it is the sudden death of her stepfather—a man who, like her husband, Alex, always remained just beyond her reach—that will touch off a journey of change and revelation. At the funeral, painful memories flood back—and an old friend reenters Faith’s life. Faith is greeting mourners, when she hears a voice behind her and a single word that brings a quick smile to her face: “Fred.” Only one person aside from her older brother, Jack, called her that. Brad Patterson was Jack’s best friend, a long, lanky boy who teased, tormented, and protected Faith when they fancied themselves “The Three Musketeers” as kids. When Jack died years later, Faith and Brad came together again in their common, inconsolable grief, then lost touch once more amid the demands of families and busy lives a continent apart.
Now a lawyer in California, Brad has reentered Faith’s life just as she is making a decision that plunges her marriage into crisis. Determined to fulfill a long-held desire for a career of her own, Faith applies to law school against her husband’s wishes, igniting a barrage of anger and recrimination. Faith’s only solace is the correspondence she has begun with Brad, a man trapped in an empty marriage of his own, a friend she once lost and has found again. Soon e-mails are flying between them, bridging three thousand miles, sharing much-needed friendship, support, laughter. And as these two childhood friends rediscover each other, something extraordinary is beginning to happen. In the safety of their friendship, Brad will find the courage to make a decision he should have made years before. And Faith, too, is changing, beginning to believe in herself—and in her right to grab hold of her dreams. Gathering a strength she never knew she had, Faith is finally ready to face the most painful step of all: of sharing the secret that has long been haunting her, and truly opening up her heart for the first time in her life.
With unerring insight into the hearts of husbands and wives, lovers and families, Danielle Steel tells a wise and moving story of the secrets that wound and the choices that heal—and of the second chances that come only once in a lifetime. show less
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I loved this book and could not put it down. It is the story of Faith, a mother and wife who is living a wonderful life until... things began to fall apart. She is a woman of courage and strength in working through the obstacles that are placed before her. She finds strength through an old friend that has come into her life again. This is a fantastic book !
In this story Faith has the perfect life from the outside looking in. But when her stepfather dies and an old friend reappears in her life she gets the courage to finally do something for self and she starts law school and sets out to find her self.
A typical Danielle Steel book. As usual, I couldn't stop reading it! Escape novels are all that I'm capable of reading these days.
This novel is about one woman's struggle to break free from the past - and the man who helps her triumph. And most of all, it is about daring to believe in...
Didn't care for this book. Not one of my Danielle Steele favorites.
Faith Madison is het toonbeeld van succes, ze is mooi , stijvol en leeft het verfijnde New Yorkse leven. Ze is getrouwd met een rijke bankier en heeft twee volwassen dochters. Al haar hele leven draagt een geheim met zich mee dat ze met niemand kan delen. Op de begrafenis van haat stiefvader ontmoet ze haar jeugdvriend Brad.
Hoewel ze dreiduizend kilometer bij elkaar vandaan wonen, vinden ze toch steun bij elkaar en kunnen ze hun huwelijksproblemen met elkaar delen.
Hoewel ze dreiduizend kilometer bij elkaar vandaan wonen, vinden ze toch steun bij elkaar en kunnen ze hun huwelijksproblemen met elkaar delen.
Sep 26, 2011Dutch
Teresa Calvet
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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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- Canonical title*
- Vervulde wensen
- Original title
- Answered Prayers
- Original publication date
- 2002
- First words
- Faith Madison looked small and serious and stylish, as she set the table, tossed a salad, and glanced into the oven at the dinner she'd prepared.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Sometimes prayers take a long time to be answered, but the right ones are.
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