Vassoula Galangau Książki

At once a loving legacy and an unsparing depiction of a devastating illness, Danielle Steel’s tribute to her lost son is a gift of life, hope, healing, and understanding to us all. “This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold, and a tortured soul. It is the story of an illness, a fight to live, and a race against death. I want to share the story, and the pain, the courage, the love, and what I learned in living through it. I want Nick's life to be not only a tender memory for us, but a gift to others. . . . I would like to offer people hope and the realities we lived with. I want to make a difference. My hope is that someone will be able to use what we learned, and save a life with it.”—Danielle Steel From the day he was born, Nick Traina was his mother's joy. By nineteen, he was dead. This is Danielle Steel's powerful, personal story of the son she lost and the lessons she learned during his courageous battle against darkness. Sharing tender, painful memories and Nick's remarkable journals, Steel brings us a haunting duet between a singular young man and the mother who loved him—and a harrowing portrait of a masked killer called manic depression, which afflicts between two and three million Americans.

JUDE DEVERAUX entwines the fronteir adventures of two unforgettable sisters -- demure beauty Houston Chandler and her independent, hot-tempered twin Blair -- discover heartfelt passions as powerfully as compelling as ice and fire.... Twin of Fire While dreaming of practicing medicine, Blair falls in love with her placid sister's fianceé, himself a doctor. Blair's impetuous spirit has won her a medical degree in a man's world -- and captured Lee Westfield's heart. But even as the couple's ardor grows, there are nights when Lee disappears only to return exhausted, haunted. His silence imperils their love, but the truth would imperil her life.

BESTSELLEROWA AUTORKA POWIEŚCI OBYCZAJOWYCH GDY ŻYCIOWA LEKCJA JEST SZANSĄ NA ZACIEŚNIENIE WIĘZI Trzy przyjaciółki ze studiów tracą kontakt z powodu tragedii, z którą każda z nich radzi sobie w inny sposób. Mary Stuart ukrywa swoją samotność - wciąż nie uporała się z poczuciem winy i obawą, że mąż nigdy nie wybaczy jej śmierci ich syna. Tonya cieszy się urokami sławy, ale nic nie jest w stanie uleczyć jej złamanego serca i zastąpić dzieci, których pragnęła, ale nigdy nie miała. Zoe jest samotną mamą adoptowanego dwulatka i pracuje jako lekarka w klinice opiekującej się chorymi na AIDS. Cały swój czas poświęca pracy - do momentu, w którym nieoczekiwane wieści zmuszają ją do przemyślenia zarówno swojej przyszłości, jak i obecnego życia . Kiedyś nierozłączne, po dwudziestu latach spotykają się ponownie, by spędzić lato na ranczu. Z początku trudno jest im odbudować wieź, jednak moc przyjaźni okaże się silniejsza niż upływ czasu . Stare rany się zabliźnią, długo skrywane tajemnice wyjdą na jaw, a dawna miłość odrodzi się lub zrobi miejsce dla zupełnie nowej. Ranczo to poruszająca opowieść o sile kobiecej przyjaźni, która przynosi spokój i ukojenie nawet w obliczu największych życiowych wyzwań.

Belle i inteligentna, Samantha jest młodą kobietą, która prowadzi szczęśliwe życie. Po siedmiu latach małżeństwa z popularnym prezenterem telewizyjnym Johnem Taylorem, którego nadal kocha, odnosi sukcesy zawodowe w agencji reklamowej w Nowym Jorku. Kiedy John nagle ogłasza, że odchodzi do swojej asystentki, świat Samantha się rozpada. Po kilku miesiącach, nie mogąc poradzić sobie z bólem, wyjeżdża do przyjaciółki, która ma ranczo w Kalifornii. Życie na świeżym powietrzu, aktywne uczestnictwo w pracach na ranczu - Samantha jest doskonałą jeźdźcem - oraz spotkanie z Tate'em Jordanem, twardym i dumnym kowbojem, przywracają jej radość życia. Niestety, to szczęście jest ulotne... Po powrocie do Nowego Jorku, Samantha z zapałem wraca do pracy, aż tragiczny upadek z konia całkowicie zmienia jej życie. Pozbawiona sprawności nóg, dzięki odwadze i determinacji odnajduje autonomię i nadaje nowe znaczenie swojemu życiu. Czy w końcu znajdzie szczęście?

In the late 1930s in New York, Marielle Patterson shares her life with her husband Malcolm and their little boy Teddy. But their lives are filled with secrets. Haunted by a past she has kept secret even from her husband, Marielle secretly lights a candle each year for a child who died in a tragic accident when he was scarcely more than a baby. Then Marielle runs into her first love, American expatriate Charles Delauney. And when her little Teddy is kidnapped Charles is first blamed, then arrested, as the Pattersons, the New York Police and the FBI turn the country upside down, looking for Teddy. A terrifying court drama seeks to put Charles Delauney behind bars, as a series of revelations begin to unravel the truth about Marielle, Charles, and Malcolm. Piece by piece the uncovering of their pasts creates a complex mosaic of the motives and passions controlling their lives.

On the evening of her mother's funeral Grace Adams decides she has had enough and shoots her father when he tries to molest her once again. After two years of prison, it looks like Grace is going to be able to go on with her life, but the past seems to keep resurfacing

From small-town America to a world on the cusp of World War II, Wings is an uplifting story about one woman's fight to fulfil her dreams. Risking her life, in a world preparing for the Second World War, she decides to chart her own course and pursue her own destiny, whatever it might cost her .

As a partner at a prestigious New York law firm, Alexandra Parker balances her career, marriage, and her three-year-old child, feeling blessed with her life. However, a routine medical check-up delivers devastating news that turns her world upside down. Her husband, Sam Parker, a successful venture capitalist, takes pride in their marriage but is thrown off balance by Alex's illness. Terrified of losing her and haunted by his past, Sam struggles to provide the emotional support she needs, leading to a growing distance between them. As their relationship deteriorates, Sam's career also faces a catastrophic downfall, challenging his identity and future. With everything at stake, Alex must confront her feelings for Sam and decide if their love can endure the turmoil or if she must forge a new path alone. This narrative delves into the uncertainty faced by a family when their lives are threatened and examines whether love and marriage can survive life's unexpected challenges.

Peter Haskell has everything.. power, position, a career and a family that mean everything to him and for which he has sacrificed a great deal. Compromise has been key, and integrity is the base on which he lives. Olivia Thatcher, the wife of a famous senator, is trapped in a web of duty and obligation, married to a man she once loved and no longer even knows. Peter and Olivia meet in Paris, after bomb threat at the Ritz. Their lives become briefly enmeshed.. 5 days in Paris is all they have ... they go back to their separate lives, but nothing is the same. They both pursue their lives despite challenges, compromise, and betrayal, until they realize they must stand fast against compromise and face life's challenges head on

Po 13 latach małżeństwa Stephanie jest zdruzgotana, gdy jej mąż odchodzi do młodszej kobiety. Z dwójką głośnych dzieci stara się odnaleźć w nowojorskiej scenie singli i prawie rezygnuje z miłości. Jednak spontaniczna podróż do Paryża zmienia wszystko, gdy spotyka przystojnego przedsiębiorcę Petera Bakera. Choć jest sceptyczna wobec związku z kimś tak idealnym, jest zaskoczona, gdy po powrocie do Nowego Jorku Peter się do niej odzywa. W wynajmowanej chatce na Long Island życie Stephanie przybiera niespodziewany obrót, gdy u jej drzwi pojawia się sobowtór Petera, Paul Klone, ubrany w jaskrawe satyny i cekiny. Początkowo myśli, że to żart, szybko zdaje sobie sprawę, że ten dziki i bezkompromisowy charakter nie ma nic wspólnego z Peterem, poza uderzającą urodą. Ta zabawna opowieść rozwija się w miłosny trójkąt między Stephanie, Peterem a Klonem. Z humorem i wnikliwością historia bada poszukiwanie miłości w niedoskonałym świecie, ukazując złożoność relacji i ludzkiego serca w sposób, który urzeka czytelników na całym świecie.

In her 37th bestselling novel, Danielle Steel tells the compelling story of a woman who must struggle to overcome a shattering betrayal, and the cruelest kind of malice. At seventeen, the night of her mother's funeral, Grace Adams is attacked. It is not the first time, and a brutal crime ensues. And to everyone's horror, Grace will not tell the truth. She is a young woman with secrets too horrible to tell, with hurts so deep they may never heal. She is also beautiful enough for men to want her no matter how much she does not want them. Whatever the outcome, Grace Adams will have to live with whatever happened during those terrible years. After a lifetime of being a victim, now she must pay the price for other people's sins. From the depths of an Illinois women's prison to a Chicago modeling agency to a challenging career in New York, Grace must carry the past with her wherever she goes. And in healing her own pain, she reaches out to battered women and children who live a nightmare she knows all too well. When Grace meets Charles Mackenzie, a New York lawyer, she has found a man who wants nothing from her--except to heal her, to hear her secrets, and to give her the family she so desperately wants. But, with happiness finally within her grasp, and precious loved ones to protect, Grace is at her most vulnerable--in danger of losing everything to a vicious tabloid press and an enemy from her past, an enemy bent on malice at all costs. With rare insight and power, Danielle Steel writes this extraordinary woman's story, portraying her struggle to triumph over malice and betrayal, and to transform a lifetime of pain into a blessing for others. Revealing both the stark reality of domestic abuse and the healing power of love, <i>Malice,</i> is more than superb fiction. It is a piece of life.