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A Good Woman (2008)

di Danielle Steel

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Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a life of privilege, raised amid the glamour of New York society, with glorious homes on Fifth Avenue and in Newport, Rhode Island. But everything changed on a cold April day in 1912, when the sinking of the Titanic shattered her family and her privileged world forever. When she is betrayed, and pursued by a scandal she does not deserve, Annabelle flees New York for war-ravaged France, hoping to lose herself in a life of service. There, in the heart of the First World War, in a groundbreaking field hospital run by women she finds her true calling. And when the war ends, Annabelle begins a new life in Paris--now a doctor, a mother, her past almost forgotten...until a fateful meeting opens her heart to the world she had left behind and she returns to New York one more time.… (altro)
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Teresa Calvet
  sllorens | Oct 18, 2022 |
Une jeune fille (Annabelle) perd son père et son frère à bord du Titanic. Sa mère décède quelques années après. Elle épouse un ami qui lui avoue après 2 ans qu’il est homosexuel et a la Syphilis. Ils divorcent et elle décide de s’en aller en France où elle devient médecin ( )
  JasmineG | Apr 30, 2021 |
This is one of the less action-packed of her books that I've read. I feel like this book was more about the character of the characters than the events happening. It is a very good book, but we are talking Danielle Steel. I don't think she knows how to write a bad book! ( )
  dms12880 | Nov 29, 2018 |
4.5 stars ( )
  LiteraryChanteuse | Jan 27, 2016 |
Born into a life of luxury and raised among the privileged classes of New York society, nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington has spent the majority of her life mingling with the afluent and cherished elite, as a part of the glittering world and the glamorous ballrooms of the Manhattan social set. With glorious family homes on Fifth Avenue and also in Newport, Rhode Island, Annabelle has been raised to expect only the best that life has to offer - taught to rely on her family's name and their stellar reputation to pave her way in life. Yet Annabelle's life as she knows it is irrevocably swept away on a bitterly cold day in April of 1912, when the sinking of the Titanic shatters her life forever. Drawing on an indomitable source of strength from somewhere deep within her grief, Annabelle pours herself into volunteer work.

It is while nursing the poor, that Annabelle finds her true purpose - igniting a desire in medicine, a passion that will never be extinguished - something which will inevitably shape the course of her life far into the future. But for Annabelle, it is her first love, and a seemingly idyllic marriage which will soon bring her yet more grief and an incalculable heartbreak. Devastated and betrayed by the revelation of her husband's deepest secrets, Annabelle flees New York for war-ravaged France, pursued by a scandal she does not deserve. Hoping to lose herself in a life of service, Annabelle will dedicate herself to the fulfillment of others.

There in the heart of war-torn France - at the height of World War I - in a ground-breaking field hospital run entirely by women, Annabelle finds her true calling. Working as an ambulance medic on the front lines; studying medicine; tending to the gravely sick and grievously wounded; doing what she can to save lives. And when the war ends, she begins her new life in Paris - as a respected doctor, a mother, and with her past put firmly in its place; her devastating memories almost entirely forgotten...until a fateful meeting opens her heart to the world she had left behind.

Finding strength in the unlikeliest of friendships, pulling together the broken fragments of her life, Annabelle will return to New York once more - this time as a changed woman; a woman of rare substance; someone who was forged by life's experiences; and infused with her hard-won knowledge of harsh circumstances. Annabelle will finally find joy in building a future filled with hope...growing out of the rich, fertile soil of the past.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book; I found it to be well-written, richly detailed and well-grounded in the historical period. In my opinion, this was slightly different from Ms. Steel's usual work, and Annabelle Worthington was a vibrantly strong character, who I immediately related to - and felt for - as I read further into the story. I would certainly give A Good Woman by Danielle Steel an A+! ( )
  moonshineandrosefire | Jun 30, 2015 |
«Den legendariske Steel har nok en gang kombinert suksess og tragedie for å skape en fortelling om en kvinne som, på tross av skjebnens luner, greier å overleve på sine egne betingelser.»

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For å døyve sorgen legger Annabelle alle sine krefter i frivillig arbeid på sykehuset på Ellis Island. Hennes største drøm er å bli lege, men det passer seg ikke for en pike av hennes stand. I stedet gifter hun seg med den nitten år eldre Josiah Millbank, som det viser seg har en dyster hemmelighet. Etter to år krever han skilsmisse, og Annabelle blir utstøtt fra det gode selskap.

Hun flykter til det krigsherjede Europa og tar seg arbeid ved et sykehus nær fronten. Der finner hun sitt kall i livet – å hjelpe andre – og realiserer drømmen om å studere medisin. Etter krigen begynner hun et nytt liv i Paris, som lege og mor, og hun har nesten glemt fortiden da et skjebnesvangert møte åpner alle sår. Men det gir henne også muligheten til skape seg en ny fremtid full av håp og kjærlighet …
 

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Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a life of privilege, raised amid the glamour of New York society, with glorious homes on Fifth Avenue and in Newport, Rhode Island. But everything changed on a cold April day in 1912, when the sinking of the Titanic shattered her family and her privileged world forever. When she is betrayed, and pursued by a scandal she does not deserve, Annabelle flees New York for war-ravaged France, hoping to lose herself in a life of service. There, in the heart of the First World War, in a groundbreaking field hospital run by women she finds her true calling. And when the war ends, Annabelle begins a new life in Paris--now a doctor, a mother, her past almost forgotten...until a fateful meeting opens her heart to the world she had left behind and she returns to New York one more time.

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