Second Chance
by Danielle Steel
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HTML:Eccentric high fashion meets buttoned-up Madison Avenue in Danielle Steel’s captivating tale of two perfect-for-each-other people from two wildly different worlds. In a fresh, funny look at what happens when a woman who has everything finally meets her match, Danielle Steel proves that, in life and love, it’s never too late for a second chance....SECOND CHANCE
As editor-in-chief of New York’s leading fashion magazine, Fiona Monaghan lived a life as hectic and high-toned as the show more fashion world itself, jetting back and forth between her stylish Manhattan brownstone and the couture shows of Europe. With closets stuffed with Fendi, a snoring bulldog named Sir Winston sharing her bed, and a houseman who favors gold lamé and borrows her shoes, Fiona was utterly content with her life. Until the sweltering June day John Anderson strolled into her office.
After a dinner date left them both wanting more, Fiona impulsively invited John to the Paris couture shows. And in the most romantic city in the world, somewhere between the magic of the runway and the stroll along the Seine, Fiona let this man into her heart. A widower with two daughters, John Anderson was nearly Fiona’s opposite in every way. As conservative as she was freewheeling, John was both amused and appalled by Fiona’s world of high-strung designers, anorexic models, and high-heeled housemen. But within weeks of their return to New York, John was making friends with Sir Winston—and Fiona was making room in her closets.
It didn’t take long for the dominoes to start falling. First, John introduced Fiona to his daughters, their blood-thirsty Pekingese, and a snarling housekeeper straight out of Hitchcock’s Rebecca. It was hate at first sight. Then, after a dinner party with John’s biggest client goes disastrously awry, Fiona and John’s relationship began to unravel with alarming speed. What happens next will set Fiona on a journey filled with pain and revelation, awakening and change.…For when she returns to Paris alone and takes an amazing risk, an extraordinary series of events begins to unfold. And as the snow falls on the city of light, Fiona is about to get the surprise of her life: a second act she never saw coming.
In a dazzling tale of modern misadventures and career-crossed relationships, Danielle Steel brings us into the lives of two unforgettable people as they love and laugh, struggle and survive. With unerring insight, she captures the heady magic of instant attraction, the challenges of change—and the hope that comes when we dare to do it all over again. Literature. Fiction. Romance. show less
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It's about a woman who isolated herself in work, flamboyant friends and busy schedule as she is so afraid of being left by men. She has a hard childhood because of the father who left her mother when she was very young. But she fell in love hopelessly with a widow who is successful and charismatic like her. But the difference is the guy loves stability and loves to have a wife who is around rather than jumping here and there. Finally, he announced to get divorce only after 6 months. Fiona was heart broken. But later, the man came back to her and see how she handled it. It is insightful about women who cling to their job as it can guarantee them more than men.
It was an interesting book but I felt that the ending was a little too fluffy for how the book was progressing.
This book is about a strong woman Fiona Monaghan edit in chief of Chic magazine which is New York's leading fashion magazine.
Her life is exactly the way she likes it utter and total chaos, she works hard , has a wonderful littler house, and lost of friends of all kinds and the last thing she wants in her life is exactly what she get when she meets John... the new ad manger at the ad agency for Chic.
They both fall head over heels in love with each other as soon as they met they marry a short time later, and although his wife has been dead for 2 years his grown daughters and his house keeper think he is betraying his late wife.
Al kinds of stuff goes wrong and John leaves Fiona and her life is destroyed she moves to Paris , writes a show more book , sales her house .. comes back to meet and agent and runs in to John. She goes back to Paris starts to write another book when John calls says he is in town and wants to meet for lunch on Thanksgiving, they end up in bed , he leaves the next day after they have a heated discussion bout everything, he keeps calling she will not answer he shows up ... they remarry on Christmas Eve . show less
Her life is exactly the way she likes it utter and total chaos, she works hard , has a wonderful littler house, and lost of friends of all kinds and the last thing she wants in her life is exactly what she get when she meets John... the new ad manger at the ad agency for Chic.
They both fall head over heels in love with each other as soon as they met they marry a short time later, and although his wife has been dead for 2 years his grown daughters and his house keeper think he is betraying his late wife.
Al kinds of stuff goes wrong and John leaves Fiona and her life is destroyed she moves to Paris , writes a show more book , sales her house .. comes back to meet and agent and runs in to John. She goes back to Paris starts to write another book when John calls says he is in town and wants to meet for lunch on Thanksgiving, they end up in bed , he leaves the next day after they have a heated discussion bout everything, he keeps calling she will not answer he shows up ... they remarry on Christmas Eve . show less
When two people couldn't be more different, the fun begins! Life in the fashion world.
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Fiona Monaghanová je emancipovaná šéfredaktorka newyorského módního časopisu, netouží po rodině, žije v luxusním domě s buldokem, má majordoma a věčně cestuje po světě. Když pozná Johna Andersona, všechno se změní. Fiona se zamiluje a Johnovi nabídne, aby se k ní nastěhoval. Jenomže John je vdovec a jeho dvě dospívající dcery považují otcův vztah za zradu mrtvé matky. Ačkoliv se vezmou, už brzy dojde mezi Fionou a Johnem k odcizení; manžel jen těžko přivyká bohémskému životu, který Fiona vede... Dokáže Fiona změnit životní styl a opustit New York? Pochopí, kde udělala chybu a proč Johna ztratila? Existuje pro ně dva druhá šance?
Apr 18, 2020Czech
Como editora jefe de una importante revista de moda de Nueva York, Fiona Monaghan vive una vida tan agitada y de tan alto nivel como la que caracteriza al mundo del que se ocupa, a medio camino entre el sobrio estilo de una alta ejecutiva de Manhattan y el manierismo de los desfiles europeos de alta costura.
Después de que una cita para cenar les deje a ambos deseando más, Fiona le invita impulsivamente a un desfile en París. Y en la ciudad más romántica del mundo, con el cosquilleo de la huida y el consabido paseo a orillas del Sena, Fiona le deja entrar en su corazón. Viudo y con dos hijas, John Anderson es completamente opuesto a Fiona. Tan conservador como ella liberal, a John le divierte y le asusta al mismo tiempo el mundo de show more Fiona, con sus excéntricos diseñadores, sus modelos anoréxicas y sus asistentes con zapatos de tacón alto. Pero a las pocas semanas de su regreso a Nueva York, John ya es amigo de Sir Winston... Y Fiona le está haciendo sitio en sus armarios. Pero no pasa mucho tiempo hasta el derrumbe de este colosal castillo de naipes. Pero lo que sucederá después llevará a Fiona a un viaje lleno de dolor y descubrimiento, despertar y cambio... Porque cuando regresa a París sola y acepta un sorprendente riesgo, una extraordinaria serie de acontecimientos comienza a desvelarse. Y mientras la nieve oculta las luces de la ciudad, Fiona está a punto de llevarse la sorpresa de su vida: un segundo acto que nunca esperó que llegara. show less
Después de que una cita para cenar les deje a ambos deseando más, Fiona le invita impulsivamente a un desfile en París. Y en la ciudad más romántica del mundo, con el cosquilleo de la huida y el consabido paseo a orillas del Sena, Fiona le deja entrar en su corazón. Viudo y con dos hijas, John Anderson es completamente opuesto a Fiona. Tan conservador como ella liberal, a John le divierte y le asusta al mismo tiempo el mundo de show more Fiona, con sus excéntricos diseñadores, sus modelos anoréxicas y sus asistentes con zapatos de tacón alto. Pero a las pocas semanas de su regreso a Nueva York, John ya es amigo de Sir Winston... Y Fiona le está haciendo sitio en sus armarios. Pero no pasa mucho tiempo hasta el derrumbe de este colosal castillo de naipes. Pero lo que sucederá después llevará a Fiona a un viaje lleno de dolor y descubrimiento, despertar y cambio... Porque cuando regresa a París sola y acepta un sorprendente riesgo, una extraordinaria serie de acontecimientos comienza a desvelarse. Y mientras la nieve oculta las luces de la ciudad, Fiona está a punto de llevarse la sorpresa de su vida: un segundo acto que nunca esperó que llegara. show less
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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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