Granny Dan (Danielle Steel)
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (871 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553456512 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 2 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
While students of history may cringe at the simplified approach to the historical period, readers just looking for a good time have found it. Soon Madame Markova and Nikolai's wife remind them of their previous obligations, and as the Revolution hovers on the horizon, the two must make a decision that will change their lives forever. When a deathly illness steals her from the stage, the young dancer is inconsolable, and, desperate to speed her recovery, Madame Markova agrees to hand Danina over to the talented Dr. Drawn to Danina, Nikolai cannot ignore the passion between them either, and the strength of their love q
"Wonderful Book about a Horrendous Crime" according to rkrystofolski. This is a true crime book about the murders of Deborah, Samantha and Joshua Evans and the kidnapping of Elijah Evans by a deranged so-called friend of Deborah, Jacqueline Annette Williams, her boyfriend Fedell Caffey and her cousin, Laverne Ward, who was also the biological father of Deborah Evans' two youngest sons, Jordan Evans (17 months old when his mother was murdered) and Elijah Evans (cut from his mother's wom. jellybeanmau said Special Delivery by Danielle Steel. I loved it, the story and the characters. I've read most of her stories as a young adult and thought that's who her books were written for, your adults. But reading them again now, as an adult, a seasoned adult at that I realize that I was wrong. Her books were written for all, young and well seasoned. It takes a special author, such was Danielle Steel, to write stories that have special meaning to whatever part of l. Why did I read this? Why? I was looking for a light summer book, sometimes I do like her books for that reason. I don't think she's a good writer, but they are fun at times. This was terrible! I really don't know why I kept going.Besides the depressing death issues, we never actually got in the heads of any of the main characters (or any characters). It was like reading a time line--first this happened, then this happened, and then this
But in another time, another place, there had been dancing, people, laughter, love. But when Granny Dan died, all that remained was a box wrapped in brown paper, tied with string. She was the cherished grandmother who sang songs in Russian, loved to roller-skate, and spoke little of her past. But events both near and far away shook the ground upon which she danced. And when revolution shattered Russia, Danina Petroskova was forced to make a heartbreaking choice--as the world around her was about to change forever.Granny Dan is about the magic of history. In it, Danielle Steel reminds us how little we know of those who came before us--and how, if we could only glimpse into their early lives, and see who they once were, there is so much we would understand and learn. It was her legacy, her secret past, waiting to be discovered by the granddaughter who loved her but never really knew her. She had had another life before she came to us, long before she came to me. A new century was dawning as a motherless young girl