For diehard Steel fans only. As the author gets older, so, happily,
do her protagonists - although they always, always, look at least
ten years younger than their chronological age. In India Taylor's
case, these good looks aren't the result of lots of live-in help.
Since she gave up her career as a photojournalist 14 years earlier
(Steel makes it clear that she could have won a Pulitzer), India
has dedicated herself to the rearing of her four swell kids:
chauffeuring, soccer-momming, watching ballet classes, and creating
a lovely home in the prosperous New York suburb of Westport,
Connecticut. But creeping in between the endless car pools is
India's suspicion that there might be more to life. She misses her
job; her spirit hungers for a little more career mixed in with
wife-and-motherhood. But Doug, her anachronistic husband, has
forbidden her even an occasional photo gig. Apparently, India
agreed to this domestic arrangement when they married. Her dad, a
prizewinning photojournalist, died in action, and India doesn't
want her children growing up without both parents as she did. Add
to this emotional stew the fact that Doug doesn't believe in
romance or passionate love anymore, and you have one mad,
dissatisfied housewife. When India meets Paul Ward, the "Lion of
Wall Street," on his fabulous sailboat at the Cape, she sees a guy
who's not afraid of living with a career-obsessed woman. Paul's
wife is the successful novelist Serena Smith. On her way to Europe,
Serena's plane is blown up by, yes, Arab terrorists, and Paul goes
into deep mourning. He and India form a close friendship while
crying on each other's shoulders, and that friendship quickly
develops into love. Their romantic ups and downs (the bitter and
the sweet, of course) culminate in the jungle of Rwanda and come to
the standard conclusion during a hurricane manque off the
Massachusetts coast. Steel manages to make even some solid ideas
sound treacly and dated. (Kirkus Reviews)
A story of freedom - of having dreams and making choices.
India Taylor lived in a neatly maintained world of manicured lawns, piano lessons and Cape Cod summer vacations. With four wonderful children, India believed in commitment and sacrifice, just as she believed in Doug, the man she had married seventeen years before. She had chosen this life instead of the award-winning career as a photojournalist she once had, and it was a choice she had never regretted - until now.
India couldn't pinpoint the exact moment when the price of the sacrifices she'd made began to seem high. But when she met Paul Ward, a Wall Street tycoon married to a bestselling author, India could share her dreams with him, and offer comfort when he suffered a heartbreak of his own. India hadn't planned to become Paul's friend, and anything more was unthinkable. When Paul urged India to reclaim her career, Doug was adamantly against it, determined to keep her tied to the home. But with Paul's encouragement India slowly, painfully, began to break free and find herself again.
Bittersweet is India's story. With unerring insight, Danielle Steel has created a moving portrait of a woman who dares to embark on a new adventure. Her painful, exhilarating journey inspires us all.
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