Book description
Paris Armstrong never saw it coming. With two grown children and a
lovely home in Connecticut, Paris was happy with her marriage, her
family, her life. So when her husband of twenty-four years said they
needed to talk, Paris couldn't imagine what he was about to say.
"I want a divorce," Peter tells her. Just like that, the
husband she adored had dumped her for a younger woman. And just like
that, Peter and his thirty-one-year-old lover had made their plans for
their future, leaving Paris to pick up the pieces of a shattered life.
Within days, Peter was gone. And Paris was left to figure out how she
intended to get through the next day, let alone the rest of her life.
The task could not have been more painful. First came the tears.
Then the excruciating attempts by well-meaning friends to "fix
her up" with men who paled in comparison to Peter. Worse yet, she
still loved him. Finally, Paris realized she was in a fight for her
very survival. Drastic measures were called for. Even her shrink
agreed. It was time to move - as far away as possible, just after
Peter remarried. Paris had never felt, or been, more alone.
Saying goodbye to the world she knew and loved, Paris heads west, to
San Francisco, and discovers being single in a world full of men who
were too young, too old, too married, or too good to be true. For
Paris, the list seemed endless . . . the charming commitment-phobe . .
. the drunken Neanderthal . . . the young Frenchman - so adorably sexy
she almost forgot about his age, and did, for a while. With her dating
track record veering between disappointing and disastrous, and her
daughter now engaged to a man Paris's age, Paris finally comes to the
conclusion that romance is not in her future. That's when her small
circle of offbeat, loving friends becomes more important than ever
before. And a decision Paris makes only for herself changes her life
once more. The secret, she discovers finally, is in finding the gifts
in life's unexpected twists and turns, and turning despair into
freedom and loss into joy.
In a poignant, wickedly funny novel about getting dumped and getting
over it, about tackling life with both courage and laughter, Danielle
Steel explores what it means to start over, whether you wanted to or
not, and finding something better than you had before.
Danielle Steel
has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over
500 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international
bestsellers include
Answered Prayers
,
Sunset in St. Tropez
,
The Cottage
,
The Kiss
,
Leap of Faith
,
Lone Eagle
,
Journey
,
The House on Hope Street
,
The Wedding
,
Irresistible Forces
, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of
His
Bright Light
, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death.
