Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a life of privilege, but everything changed on an April day in 1912, when the sinking of the Titanic changed her family and her world forever. Finding strength within her grief, Annabelle pours herself into volunteer work, igniting a passion for medicine that would shape the course of her life.
But for Annabelle, first love, and a seemingly idyllic marriage, will soon bring grief caused by the secrets of her husband. Betrayed, and pursued by undeserved scandal, Annabelle flees New York for war-ravaged France, hoping to lose herself in a life of service. There, in the heart of the First World War, in a groundbreaking field hospital run by women, Annabelle finds her true calling, studying medicine and saving lives. And when the war ends, Annabelle begins a new life in Paris - now a doctor, a mother, her past almost forgotten... until a fateful meeting opens her heart to the world she had left behind. Finding strength in the most unlikely of friendships, pulling together the broken fragments of her life, Annabelle will return to New York one more time -- this time a changed woman, a woman of substance, infused with life's experience, building a future filled with hope...out of the rich soil of the past.
New York City and Newport, Rhode Island, debutante Annabelle Worthington could be considered saintly, selfless, or spineless, depending on your point of view. Jay O. Sanders recounts Annabelle's life, starting with her marriage to her late father's business associate. Within two years, her husband divorces her, for mysterious reasons, and she flees to WWI Paris, where she is raped, has a child, and eventually becomes a doctor. Sanders reads Annabelle's story in his usual soft tone, switching accents flawlessly and giving each character personality. Unperturbed by cruel words and violent actions, Sanders captures Annabelle's determination to overcome all the blows that life throws her way. M.B.K. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over 570 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include Honor Thyself, Amazing Grace, Bungalow 2, Sisters, H.R.H., Coming Out, 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.
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