Kaleidoscope - Hardcover

Danielle Steel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718128451 ISBN 13: 9780718128456

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 1987

Synopsis

Steel has constructed a tale full of pain and human frailty, punctuated with the catastrophes which often result from actions generated by the best of intentions. The reader is propelled through the work as the author plays skillfully upon the emotions. Still, the novel is somewhat incomplete. It is as if Steel's original intent was cut short by the demands of immediate publication. In consequence, the elaborate character development of the earlier chapters is abandoned, and the remaining portions of the work are so rushed as to lack credibility. Nevertheless, Steel's many devotees will undoubtedly find reason to enter once again into the world she so carefully creates.

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Review

The World War II love affair between lovely Frenchwoman Solange Bertrand and American GI-turned-actor Sam Walker burned too brightly and ended in tragedy, leaving their three young daughters orphaned. Megan, the youngest, adopted by a loving family, grows up to be a doctor in Appalachia. Alexandra, adopted by a wealthy family, marries a powerful man with an impeccable pedigree. Hilary, the oldest (and the only one who remembers her sisters), enters the sordid world of foster care before going out on her own to work her way up to being a New York news producer. In the pursuit of success and stability, Hilary foregoes building a personal life, especially when her efforts to locate her sisters hit a dead end. But when high-priced private investigator John Chapman is hired to reunite the three sisters, the secrets and lies that kept the women apart--and bound them together--are revealed and the love only sisters can share blossoms again. A heartwarming tale by master storyteller Danielle Steel. --Alison Trinkle

From the Publisher

A beautiful Frenchwoman and a brilliant American actor--their love began like a fairy tale but ended in tragedy. Suddenly orphaned, their three children are cruelly separated. Megan, the baby, adopted by a family of comfortable means, becomes a doctor in the rural South. Alexandra, raised in lavish wealth, marries a powerful man whose pride is in his pedigree. Only Hillary, oldest of the Walker children, is cut off from every loving source and later

Edition details

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0718128451
• ISBN 13: 9780718128456
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English