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One of Danielle Steel's best books ever - By: Sissel M. Østdahl, 25 Nov 2008
Once again Danielle Steel has shown why she is one of the most read authorsin the world today.

"A Good Woman" is the story about 19 year old Annabelle Worthington, a young girl growing up among New York's upper classes, loved, protected & privileged. Until tragedy strikes &in the course of three years her life is shattered.

Annabelle, who has always been interestedin medicine & has done volunteer work bothin hospitals & among immigrants at Ellis Island, goes to France to volunteerin World War I. She works as a medic near the front, has a child out of wedlockin appalling circumstances & later becomes a physician & settlesin Paris with her little daughter after the war.

Although Annabelle is a rich woman with a large inheritancein America, the fact is of no particular interestin the book. This is the story about a very special person. Pretty, yes, but also intelligent, strong & brave. In spite of the wealth & sheltered upbringing, she has more than her fair share of life's adversities & goes through it all with her head held high. Her life is forever changed & her secure world & naïve view of people never to be restored.

From the horrors of war to the glamour of post war Paris, the British aristocracy & dazzling New York - allin true Danielle Steel style - the main thing is Annabelle's story. What happensin her life & mind. What makes her the 32 year old doctor & mother who visits her home country for the first time ten years after she leftin disgrace.

One of the best books Danielle Steel has ever written, filled with wisdom & funny bits of delicious humour.