Country: A Novel

ISBN: 0345531000

Author: Steel, Danielle

Condition: New

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this rich, involving novel from Danielle Steel, a womans life catapults from the old to the new, as she learns to seize the moment.COUNTRYStephanie Adams is a devoted stay-at-home mother, married to a successful lawyer in northern California, in a dead marriage shes stayed in for years for the sake of her children. Then, on a ski trip in Squaw Valley, her fifty-two-year-old husband dies suddenly and all bets are off.Despite her childrens grief, and her own conflicting emotions and loneliness, Stephanie tries to move on, but struggles to find herself as an independent individual after years of giving up her life for everyone else. A spur-of-the-moment road trip and fork in the road lead her to Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, and a chance meeting-and her whole life changes forever.She meets country music megastar Chase Taylor, who opens his whole world to her. Stephanie is no longer the same woman, and cant be anymore. A new man. A new life. The excitement of Nashville. She discovers not only Chase, but herself. The music is bittersweet and the lyrics true in his dazzling, exotic, and honest world.As it deftly explores the complex ties between spouses, children, lovers, and friends, and dances between the past and the future, Danielle Steels moving novel brilliantly captures the shock of sudden loss, and the freedom it can bring. Here Americas most beloved novelist shares the enduring power of seizing the day. Carpe diem.