Five Days in Paris: a Novel(S1864)

by Danielle Steele | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0440222842 Global Overview for this book
Registered by SAMMY-SAMSEL of St. Louis, Missouri USA on 11/11/2005
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Journal Entry 1 by SAMMY-SAMSEL from St. Louis, Missouri USA on Friday, November 11, 2005
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hardback
269pp
published, 1995

ANNOTATION
Steel's 36th novel is an unforgettable, contemporary story about honor and commitment, love and integrity, that will change readers' lives forever. The president of a major pharmaceutical company and the unhappy wife of a famous senator meet under dire circumstances in Paris, and everything in which they believe is put on the line.

FROM THE PUBLISHER
As president of a major pharmaceutical empire, Peter Haskell has everything: power, position, a career and a family that mean everything to him and for which he has sacrificed a great deal. Compromise has been key in Peter Haskell's life, and integrity is the base on which he lives. Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband's ambitions and career until her soul is bone-dry. She is trapped in a web of duty and obligation, married to a man she once loved and no longer even knows. When her son died, a piece of Olivia died too. Accidentally, on the night of a bomb threat, they meet in Paris, at the Ritz. Their totally different lives converge for one magical moment in the Place Vendome, as Olivia carefully, silently, steps out of her life and walks away. As the two strangers meet, their lives become briefly enmeshed. In a cafe in Montmartre, their hearts are laid bare. Peter, once so sure of his path, so certain of his marriage and success, is suddenly faced with a professional future in jeopardy. Olivia is no longer sure of anything except that she can't go on anymore. When Olivia disappears, only Peter suspects that it may not be foul play. And after he finds her again, where will they go from there? Five days in Paris is all they have. They go back to their separate lives, but nothing is the same. At home again, they both must pursue their lives despite challenges, compromise, and betrayal. Everything they believe is put on the line, until they each realize they must stand fast against compromise and face life's challenges head-on.

FROM THE CRITICS
Publishers Weekly
FIVE DAYS IN PARIS Danielle Steel. Dell, $6.50 ISBN 0-44022284-2. Steel's 36th novel, an 18-week PW bestseller, is a tale of l'amour fou between two Americans in Paris who are married to other people. (Feb.)

Library Journal
No word yet on the plot of the latest by the predictable but fruitful author of the best-selling Lightning. Look for a mid-November on-sale date.
BookList - Kathleen Hughes
There's nothing new or remarkable in the thirty-sixth novel by our premier movie-of-the-week maven. Poor yet urbane, wholesome, and, of course, handsome Wisconsin farm boy Peter Haskell marries Kate Donovan, a beautiful East Coast blue blood with a hidden, vicious cold streak. Twenty years down the line, Peter, while on a business trip to Paris, meets mysterious, beautiful, and noble Olivia. They fall madly in love and realize that they are soul mates, but because of their incredibly forthright characters, they must return to their loveless marriages. Of course, we know that they must eventually be together, and before you know it, Olivia and Peter bravely risk everything for their one chance at true love. Steel's fans will not be disappointed with this novel of middle-age love, second chances, and nearly missed opportunities, although it could have been entitled "Five Days in Cleveland" for all we hear about Paris.

Journal Entry 2 by SAMMY-SAMSEL at Moonbeams, 151 W Argonne in Kirkwood, Missouri USA on Friday, December 2, 2005

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