NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠The wise, moving novel from Danielle Steel, whose many bestselling tales have made her one of Americaās favorite authors
Taking chances is part of life, but when you bet your future against the odds, itās a high-risk game. Kate Madisonās stylish resale shop has been a big SoHo success, supporting her and her four kids since her husbandās untimely death. Now her children are grown and ready to forge lives of their own. And they all choose to play against the odds, to their motherās dismay.
Isabelle, a dedicated attorney, is in line to make partner at her Wall Street firm when she falls for a client she represents in a criminal case. She tells herself she can make a life with himābut can she? Julie, a young designer, meets a man who seems too good to be true and falls under his spell. She marries him quickly, gives up her job, and moves to Los Angeles to be at his sideābut is all what it seems? Justin is a struggling writer who pushes for children with his partner before theyāre financially or emotionally ready. Will the strain on the relationship take too high a toll? And Willie, the youngest, a tech expert, makes a choice that shocks them all, with a woman twelve years older.
Kateāloving, supportive, and outspokenācanāt keep her children from playing against the odds. Can the odds be beaten? Not oftenāas her children have to learn for themselves. For Kate, the hardest lesson will be that she canāt protect the children she loves from the choices they makeābut can only love them as they make them.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠The wise, moving novel from Danielle Steel, whose many bestselling tales have made her one of Americaās favorite authors
Taking chances is part of life, but when you bet your future against the odds, itās a high-risk game. Kate Madisonās stylish resale shop has been a big SoHo success, supporting her and her four kids since her husbandās untimely death. Now her children are grown and ready to forge lives of their own. And they all choose to play against the odds, to their motherās dismay.
Isabelle, a dedicated attorney, is in line to make partner at her Wall Street firm when she falls for a client she represents in a criminal case. She tells herself she can make a life with himābut can she? Julie, a young designer, meets a man who seems too good to be true and falls under his spell. She marries him quickly, gives up her job, and moves to Los Angeles to be at his sideābut is all what it seems? Justin is a struggling writer who pushes for children with his partner before theyāre financially or emotionally ready. Will the strain on the relationship take too high a toll? And Willie, the youngest, a tech expert, makes a choice that shocks them all, with a woman twelve years older.
Kateāloving, supportive, and outspokenācanāt keep her children from playing against the odds. Can the odds be beaten? Not oftenāas her children have to learn for themselves. For Kate, the hardest lesson will be that she canāt protect the children she loves from the choices they makeābut can only love them as they make them.