Danielle Steel

Amazing Grace Danielle Steel

Publisher Marketing: On a warm May night in San Francisco, the Ritz-Carlton ballroom shimmers with crystal and silver as a glittering, celebrity-studded crowd gathers for a charity dinner dance. The evening is perfect until, just minutes before midnight, the room begins to sway. Glass shatters. And as the lights go out, people begin to scream. In the earthquake s aftermath, the lives of four strangers will converge. Sarah Sloane, the beautiful wife of a financial whiz, watches her perfect world fall to pieces. Grammy-winning singer Melanie Free, the event s headliner, comes to a turning point in her life and career . Photographer Everett Carson, a former war correspondent whose personal demons have demoted him to covering society parties, finds new purpose amid the carnage and Sister Maggie Kent, a nun who normally works in jeans and high-tops with the homeless, searches through the rubble and knows instantly that there is much work to be done. As the city staggers back to life, a chain reaction of extraordinary events will touch each of the survivors. For Sarah, it begins with the discovery of a crime and a betrayal, then a strength she never knew she had. For Melanie, volunteering at a refugee camp will open new worlds of possibility. And Everett will be shaken by the unlikely relationship he forges with Maggie, who helps him rebuild his shattered life and upends her own in the process. But as a year passes, and the anniversary of the earthquake approaches, more surprises are in store as each discovers the unexpected gifts in a tragedy s wake and the amazing grace of new beginnings." Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/2007 pg. 114 (EAN 9781423320098, Analog Audio Cassette) Booklist 06/01/2007 pg. 114 (EAN 9781423320111, Compact Disc) Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2007 pg. 56 (EAN 9780385340236, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 08/13/2007 pg. 40 (EAN 9780385340236, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2007 pg. 824 (EAN 9780385340236, Hardcover) Booklist 08/01/2007 pg. 10 (EAN 9780385340236, Hardcover) Romantic Times 11/01/2007 pg. 58 (EAN 9780385340236, Hardcover) Booklist 09/15/2007 pg. 4 (EAN 9780385340236, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2008 pg. 87 (EAN 9780385340236, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 878 (EAN 9780385340236, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Steel, Danielle Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world s most popular authors, with over 600 million copies of her novels in print. Her many international bestsellers include Prodigal Son, Pegasus, A Perfect Life, Power Play, Winners, First Sight, Until the End of Time, The Sins of the Mother, Friends Forever, Betrayal, 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, A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless, and Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved.