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    Audiobook (abridged)2 hours

    Fine Things

    Written by Danielle Steel

    Narrated by Richard Thomas

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    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    Smart, likable Bernie Fine was the wonder boy of Wolff’s, New York’s most glamorous department store. A senior VP on the way up, he arrives in San Francisco to open a West Coast store. His career is skyrocketing, but his life lacks a center. When he looks into the wide, innocent eyes of five-year-old Jane O’Reilly, and then into the equally enchanting eyes of her mother, Liz, Bernie knows he has found what he has been looking for.

    Bernie thought he had found love to last a lifetime, but when Liz is stricken with cancer, time becomes painfully short. Alone with two children, Bernie must face the loss and learn that life has other fine things to offer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 5, 2000
    ISBN9780553752366
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    Fine Things
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    Danielle Steel

    Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over 650 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include Property of a Noblewoman, Blue, Precious Gifts, Undercover, Country, Prodigal Son, Pegasus, A Perfect Life, 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 the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.

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    • 4/5
      Another of my fav DS book that I read many years ago.
    • 5/5
      The first book I ever read by Danielle Steel, and to this day it is still my absolute favorite. The story from a man's point of view was excellent, heart-warming, emotional, just all around a successful story.
    • 4/5
      Fine Things by Danielle SteelBernie starts out as a jock in high school, goes to college, avoids the draft and ends up in a clothing store-the owner loves his ideas.Years later and relationships later we find him living on the west coast running another store. He first sees the little girl and falls in love with her, then meets the mother and they start a relationship, get married months laterand move to NY where she finds out she is pregnant. As the story goes on we find out Liz back story and her ex husband.He still travels to Milan and other countries for the fashion designs for the store. The ex reurfaces and Liz ends up with cancer...Life spirals out of control when the twists and turns stop. So much heart break. They move on and things take a turn, like how book got its name.I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
    • 2/5
      Too short .....
    • 5/5
      Inhaltsangabe:Danielle Steel erzählt in diesem Roman die Geschichte von einem Mann, der in seinem Leben Glück, aber auch viel Leid erfuhr. Bernard Fine wird an die Westküste der USA geschickt, um dort eine Filiale aufzubauen und zu leiten. Nur widerwillig läßt sich der New Yorker auf die lockeren Gepflogenheiten in Franzisko ein. Er lernt die geschiedene Liz und ihre Tochter Jane kennen und heiratet sie aus tiefster Liebe. Doch schon nach der Geburt des Sohnes Alexander ziehen dunkle Wolken über das Glück auf. Liz erkrankt unheilbar. Nach ihrem Tod verliert Bernard den wichtigsten Halt seines Lebens. Dazu droht er auch noch Jane zu verlieren. Sein Glaube an das Glück und die Liebe ist bis ins Innerste erschüttert. Nur mit Mühe schafft er den Weg aus seiner dunklen Welt und erfährt dabei unerwartetes Verständnis und Zuneigung.Mein Fazit:Dies ist ein sehr gefühlvoller Roman, den ich bereits zum zweiten Mal gelesen habe. „Der Preis des Glücks“ wird über einen Zeitraum von mehreren Jahren erzählt. Auf die Sicht von über 400 Seiten demnach sehr fließend und leicht geschrieben. Dennoch werden keine Details ausgelassen. Man weiß stets immer, worüber gerade erzählt wird und dennoch ist Platz für die eigene Phantasie da. Tieferschütternde Ereignisse werden mit einfachen Worten geschildert, was jedoch die Wirkung nicht verfehlt. Dieser Roman ist ein sehr ergreifender Schicksalsroman, der keine Gefühlsebene ausläßt.Anmerkung: Die Rezension stammt aus Juni 1999.Neu veröffentlicht am 12.03.15!
    • 3/5
      Bernie Fine meets the woman of his dreams, single mother Liz O'Reilly. They get married and have a son but then Liz dies of cancer so Bernie is alone with Jane (Liz's daughter) and the new baby. So the first part is happy and then it's really sad and then it's about how he finds love with someone else. It follows the hero throughout which is a bit unusual for Steel. I think I've grown out of Danielle Steel books - I read a lot of them as a teen but they don't work so well for me now. (Although I do have a soft spot for Season of Passion...)
    • 4/5
      Read this over 20 years ago, so the details are fuzzy, but I remember loving it at the time.
    • 3/5
      I am not fond of Danielle Steele - probably because I'm not into romantic fiction. I got this book free and only read it because it was about San Francisco.