It is 1940, and 17-year-old Kate Jamison is making her debut in New
York society. Kate has it all. She is stunning, vivacious and
intelligent. She is adored and trusted by her parents. But there is
something hidden beneath that perfect surface. Joe Allbright is the
protege of flying ace Charles Lindbergh and well respected by all
that know him. However he is afraid to give himself totally to
someone. When these two meet they instantly become unlikely soul
mates. Their friendship grows until neither of them can deny that
it has developed into love. Joe believes that America will soon
join in the European war and is prepared for it when it happens.
But it is hard for Kate to be separated from him when he goes to
fly in England. This long separation is just the beginning of the
troubles in their lives together. They are both wounded people and
are frightened by the intensity of their feelings. Eventually Kate
has to learn that if you love someone you must let them go. This
novel is written in hindsight as Kate reflects on their lives,
together and painfully apart. It is a moving memoir of a lifelong
love, a love that goes through many changes and major upheavals but
that can never end. Bestselling author Steel deals sensitively with
difficult issues and handles her characters with compassion.
(Kirkus UK)
Danielle Steel’s fifty-first bestselling novel tells the story of an extraordinary man, the woman who loved him, and a bond so powerful it could never be broken. It is about finding the courage to let someone you love fly free . . .
The phone call came on a snowy December afternoon. Kate was certain it was Joe, the brilliant, visionary man who had been her soulmate, her driving force since the night they met, almost thirty-four years before. What she got was the one call she had never wanted, and didn’t expect. As snow continued to fall, Kate’s mind drifted back, to the moment when she and Joe first met. She had been just seventeen and he was young, powerful, dazzling, and different from any man she’d ever known.
It was just days before Christmas, 1940. The war is raging in Europe when Kate Jamison makes her debut in New York City. In a room filled with the scions of East Coast society and the leading political figures of the day, it is Joe Allbright who catches Kate’s eye. At twenty-nine, Joe is the brilliant protégé of Charles Lindbergh, and already a legend in flying circles for his record-breaking speed and state-of-the-art airplane designs. All Kate sees is a tall, strikingly handsome man who seems at once awkward and larger-than-life, like a shining star - just out of reach. Joe, too, is caught off balance by his response to Kate, seeing in this beautiful young woman vitality and youth, the lifelong soulmate he never expected to find. As the months pass, they will meet again, forging a bond that will set the course of both their lives. Kate will go off to study at Radcliffe. Joe will skyrocket to fame in modern aviation. Joe’s planes are his life, his passion. But, irresistibly drawn to her, like moth to flame, he always comes back to Kate. Even after the long dark years of World War II, when Kate was sure she had finally lost him completely, Joe returns. Never willing to stay, always needing to fly away. As planes are for him, Joe is the passion in her life.
When the war is over, at twenty-four Kate wants marriage and a family. Joe wants the world, his limitless horizons, and the unique aviation empire he is building. Unwilling to wait any longer, Kate moves on with her life. But when a chance encounter brings them together again, the time has finally come to make a choice, one that will have profound consequences for them both for the rest of their lives.
Against a vivid backdrop of war and thrilling innovation, Danielle Steel breathes life into history, weaving a compelling human story that spans three decades, of two intensely different people who, in spite of themselves, are irrevocably woven into the fabric of each other’s lives. With rare insight and emotional power, she brings to life a tale of unconditional love, sacrifice, and compromise - the joining of two remarkable halves into a single far more powerful whole. It is a novel of extraordinary grace and compassion from a master storyteller, perhaps the best story she has told.
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