Review
"Steel's life would make as compelling a TV mini-series as any of her novels have."--Publishers Weekly
"Fans of Danielle Steel's romantic concoctions will relish this unauthorized biography...Bane and Benet...have done an admirable job."--People
"Steamy."--Entertainment Weekly
Review
"Steel's life would make as compelling a TV mini-series as any of her novels have."--Publishers Weekly
"Fans of Danielle Steel's romantic concoctions will relish this unauthorized biography...Bane and Benet...have done an admirable job."--People
"Steamy."--Entertainment Weekly
Book Description
Dressed to the nines and draped with diamonds, Danielle Steel is America's favorite author. She has enchanted readers with each of her 44 bestselling novels-- and has a total of 350 million books in print! Now, this stunning, uncensored biography reveals how closely Danielle's fiction is based on real life-- the rich men, the dangerous men, the heartbreak, the struggles, the triumphs...and the secrets too dark to tell.
Read all about:
* Her cruel, lonely childhood which became the inspiration for her novel Loving
* Her long-hidden marriage to a convicted rapist, the scandalous real story readers will recognize in her novel Now and Forever
* Her third husband, a handsome heroin addict, who, like the protagonist of Remembrance, broke her heart and nearly ruined her life
* Her lavish spending and opulent lifestyle in a San Francisco mansion
* The tragic death of her nineteen-year-old son in 1997
* The break-up of her fourth marriage-- and the new man in Danielle Steel's life
With eight pages of photos!
From the Publisher
"Steamy." --Entertainment Weekly "Dramatic and compelling." --Romantic Times "Steel's life would make as compelling a TV mini-series as any of her novels have." --Publishers Weekly "Fans of Danielle Steel's romantic concoctions will relish this unauthorized biography...Bane and Benet...have done an admirable job." --People
Lives of Danielle Steel: The Unauthorized Biography of America's #1 Best-Selling Author ANNOTATION
Could anyone live a life as dramatic, tumultuous and romantic as a Danielle Steel heroine? Yes--Danielle Steel herself. Now, this stunning, uncensored new biography reveals how closely Danielle's fiction is based on real life--the rich men, the dangerous men, the heartbreak, the struggles, the triumphs and the secrets too dark to tell. Martin's Press.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
With 215 Million copies of her thirty-two novels in print worldwide, author Danielle Steele is an international household name. While readers have loved her books, few have known anything about the woman behind them - until now. Vickie L. Bane and Lorenzo Benet, both People magazine correspondents, relate the surprising and electrifying tale of a fascinating woman who has endured more dark and stormy episodes in her rise to celebrity and fortune than most of her own heroines. Raised in New York City, Danielle grew up solitary, lonely, and in ill health. At eighteen, she married a wealthy banker and shuttled between Manhattan, San Francisco, and Paris. After the marriage dissolved, she married men of a different stripe - first a convicted rapist and then a recovering heroin addict. Her rocky road to happiness led her through a third divorce, a bitter custody battle, and finally to what looks like a picture-perfect existence. Today she lives with her fourth husband as a devoted wife, mother of seven, a Christian Scientist - and a multimillionaire author.
FROM THE CRITICS
BookList - Ilene Cooper
Forget her fiction; Danielle Steel's life puts any novel to shame. Born a poor little rich girl whose parents disdained her, Steel went on to marry a society fellow, followed by an ex-con with whom she had a romance while he was still a prisoner. Number three in the lineup of husbands was a drug addict, but Steel, like one of her heroines, found another society type to bat in the cleanup position, only this time a more suitable one. Money, best-sellers, nine kids, and plenty of happily-ever-aftering followed apace. This "unauthorized" account of Steel's storybook life offers a fairly straightforward recitation of events, but the authors, both staff reporters at "People", are pretty good with the dish, and Steel doesn't escape unscathed. (Only the con and the druggie, among Steel's husbands, agreed to talk, which may explain the somewhat skewed perspective.) Without access to Steel herself, or to most of her family members, the story occasionally gets a little thin, leaving the authors to spend much of their time quoting from Steel's books and comparing fiction and fact. This works best if you've read the books, and since there are several million fans out there who have done just that, there shouldn't be any problem drumming up an audience. In fact, Steel's life has enough glamour, excitement, and heartache to interest even those who haven't read her books.
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