Act of Will - Softcover

Bradford, Barbara Taylor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553265431 ISBN 13: 9780553265439

Publisher: Bantam, 1987

Synopsis

A woman of Substance, Voice of the Heart, Hold the Dreams- Barbara Taylor Bradford's stunning bestsellers have enthralled millions. Now she has created her most touching and memorable novel yet. Moving from 1926 to the Present, from the Yorkshire Dates to London, Paris and New York, here is a deeply personal story of love, power and commitment. . . the triumphant drama of three generations of remarkable women, each of whom commits an act of will that boldly changes her life and her world. Act of Will- Audra. . . a hospital nurse who knows the pain of poverty, who experiences great sacrifice to forge her dream for the daughter she adores above all else. Christina- her brilliantly gifted daughter who rises to build a fashion empire, denying her own desires in order to repay her beloved mother. Kyle- Christina's gorgeous daughter who performs a shocking act of rebellion against her devoted family to follow her star- an act that will ultimately reveal the true destinies of all three extraordinary women.

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From the Back Cover:

From beloved bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the enthralling saga of three generations of extraordinary women—of the fate that befalls them, and the choices that define their lives...

IN THE NAME OF LOVE.
Orphaned after the death of her mother, well-bred Audra Kenton rose from selfless nurse to servant of an affluent suffragette, to a fiercely independent bride whose passionate marriage was overtaken by an unforeseeable tragedy. Now Audra has but one dream—to bestow upon her brilliantly artistic daughter, every opportunity that she was denied...

AT THE HEART OF AMBITION.
Given the world, the stubborn Christina has forsaken the wishes of her noble mother to forge the career of her choice—that of a glittering Manhattan fashion empire she hopes to bequeath to her own daughter. But in young and beautiful Kyle stirs a spirit that is inherently headstrong, equally independent, and just as ironically resistant to the sacrifices made in the name of love.

FOR THE SAKE OF A DREAM.
From the picturesque Yorkshire Dales to the haute couture luxuries of Paris and London to the bittersweet respite of home and family, three women face stunning betrayals and astonishing reversals of fate as each brings her own intimate struggle to their need of personal success and to a triumphant and heartening understanding of devotion, duty, and destiny.

“This novel continues the Bradford tradition of spirited romances peopled with memorable, self made women...fetching.”—Booklist

About the Author:

Barbara Taylor Bradford was born and raised in England. She started her writing career on the Yorkshire Evening Post and later worked as a journalist in London. Her first novel, A Woman of Substance, became an enduring bestseller and was followed by twenty-three others, including the bestselling Harte series. In 2006 The Ravenscar Dynasty began an epic new family series around Ravenscar and the house of Deravenel. Barbara's books have sold more than eighty-one million copies worldwide in more than ninety countries and forty languages. In October of 2007, Barbara was appointed an OBE by the Queen for her services to literature. She lives in New York City with her husband, television producer Robert Bradford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0553265431
• ISBN 13: 9780553265439
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 407