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    Amazing Grace

    Written by Danielle Steel

    Narrated by Tom Dheere

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    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 30, 2007
    ISBN9781423320142
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    Amazing Grace
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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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    • 3/5
      This is one of my least favorite novels by Danielle Steel. Usually I read them very fast and one I start reading I cannot stop, but it took me several attempts to finish reading of this book. The plot was promising, but probably because of too many main characters it didn't deliver the usual psychological depth I find in other Steel's novels.
    • 5/5
      This is my favorite Danielle Steel book so far. Amazing Grace!
    • 5/5
      Inhaltsangabe:Sommer 2006: Vier Menschen, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein können, haben ein gemeinsames Schicksal. Sie sind alle bei einer Benefiz-Veranstaltung in San Franzisko, als ein starkes Erdbeben passiert.Sarah Sloane ist die Organisatorin des „Frühchen“-Balls, da ihre Tochter Molly selbst zu früh geboren wurde. Sie führt ein angenehmes Leben, da ihr Mann Seth als Börsenmakler äußerst erfolgreich ist. Melanie Free ist jung, attraktiv und berühmt. Gerade hat sie einen Grammy gewonnen, doch niemand ahnt nicht, wie sehr sie unter der dominanten Mutter leidet, die mehr Star-Allüren hat als Melanie. Meggie ist leidenschaftliche Nonne und hilft normalerweise den Obdachlosen in der Stadt. Sie ist eigentlich eher zufällig auf dem Frühchen-Ball, wo sie den anderen beiden und auch Everett Carson begegnet. Er ist trockener Alkoholiker und reiste vorher jahrelang zu allen Kriegsgebieten der Welt, um von dort zu berichten. Aber nun muss er sein Leben neu ordnen und berichtet gerade von dieser Veranstaltung, als die Erde bebt.Sie (ausgenommen Sarah) werden zusammen im Presidio in ein Flüchtlings-Camp untergebracht, während die Rettungskräfte um Überlebende kämpfen. Everett fühlt sich sofort zu Meggie hingezogen, Melanie findet Gefallen an der Arbeit als Rettungs-Assistentin neben Meggie und Sarah findet heraus, das ihr Mann durch das Erdbeben des Betruges überführt wird und nicht nur die Existenz-Grundlage aufs Spiel gesetzt hat, sondern auch seine Ehe.Im Verlaufe eines Jahres verändert sich das Leben aller Beteiligten grundlegend. Während es für einige ein schönes Jahr wird, kämpfen andere mit sich selbst und müssen Abschied nehmen.Mein Fazit:Dies ist ein typischer Danielle Steel – Roman. Wenn man alle vorherigen 59 Romane gelesen hat, weiß man schon sehr schnell, was ungefähr wohin steuert. Und es ist ja auch nicht verwunderlich, das sich die Themen aus ihren früheren Romanen irgendwie wiederholen.Ich werte es auch positiv, das es nicht nur ein Happy End gibt. Bedauerlichweise lebten die meisten Figuren wieder in der Oberschicht, so das man sich als „normal Sterbliche“ nicht immer damit identifizieren kann. Bei Everett und bei Meggie hatte ich damit keine Probleme.Ein weiteres Pluspunkt war noch, das die Autorin ganz klar vermittelt hat, das zum Star-Ruhm nicht nur schöne Sachen gehören, sondern das es auch ein hartes Business ist. Das fand ich gut, obwohl viele Teenies das wohl nicht glauben würden, wenn sie es lesen würden. Dieses Buch kann ich durchaus empfehlen, aber ich denke, das man nach 59 Romanen keine Überraschung mehr erwarten kann. Ober mein Lese-Verhalten sich grundlegend geändert. Das kann natürlich auch sein.Anmerkung: Die Rezension stammt aus Dezember 2008.Veröffentlicht am 20.08.16!
    • 4/5
      Earthquake !!! During a Hospital fundraising event with the famous, young pop star Melanie Free. In the after math Melanie joined with a nun, (Sister Maggie Kent), a world class photographer (Everett Carson) and others to help get everyone to safety. Reuniting hours later in the local shelter to help tend the hurt and comfort the shaken. During it all, Melanie learned a few things about herself, her best friend and her boyfriend. Becoming friends with a nun and helping was just what she needed to see her life and change her life. While Sarah Sloane and her husband Seth had their own life change happening, they had organized the evenings events but their own lives were about to take make a drastic change of their own. With Sister Mary as a new friend to them all, her life couldn’t help but change as well. While the earthquake provided the starting point for these people to come together, it also points to their different walks of life while getting to be the best of friends. The story is was sweet, a little predictable, at times it is slow and mundane. There seem to be too many story lines thrown together. Wish that Danielle Steel had left Sarah and Seth story out and spent more time with Sister Maggie and Everett. I sometimes wonder why authors do that, too many tangents and side stories have a tendency to distract from a really good story, not enhance it. Still a good distraction from real life.
    • 2/5
      This story kind of confused me in all honesty in regards to the plot. I thought the majority of the story was going to be based on the earthquake and it ended up being about the aftermath for the majority of the novel. I felt like the characters were a huge random mess of people that would never be together and kinda found the story in my opinion to seem thrown together and scrambeled. I mean a nun and a recovering alcoholic; a superstar and an average college grad, it just seemed far fetched to me, and that the relatability between the characters were very unlikely. It wasn't a horrible book, but at the same time in my opinion was very weak in contrast to some of the other Danielle Steel novels that I have read, this one just fell flat and didn't really do anything for me unfortantally.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed reading this book althought I do not agree with the way sarah handled her marriage. Till death do us part is till death do us part. Overall this is a good book but is sad for one of the characters.
    • 3/5
      Typical Danielle Steel. You either like reading her books or you don't. Easy book to read.