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A magical transformation takes place in Danielle Steel?s luminous new novel: Strangers become roommates, roommates become friends, and friends become a family in a turn-of-the-century house in Manhattan?s West Village. The plumbing leaked; the furniture was rescued from garage sales. And every inch was being restored to its original splendor?even as a relationship fell apart. Owner of a struggling art gallery and newly separated from her boyfriend, Francesca Thayer does the math and then the unimaginable. She puts out an advertisement for boarders, and soon her Greenwich Village house becomes a whole new world. First comes Eileen, a pretty L.A. transplant, now a New York City schoolteacher.

Two sisters, two very different lives... Victoria - a chubby little girl with blond hair, blue eyes and ordinary looks - has spent her whole life being second best to her perfect younger sister Gracie, being told that she is a disappointment to her parents, and unable to win their approval. While waging a ceaseless war against her weight, enduring her father's belittling comments about her appearance and seeing her academic achievements go unacknowledged, she knows that she has to get as far away from home as possible. Home is Los Angeles, where beauty and appearance are all. She moves to New York City, where she finds a job she loves - as a high school teacher - amongst the sleek and slinky of Manhattan. Her lifeline to her family is through Gracie - they couldn't be more different, but they love each other unconditionally. Victoria finds her own life in New York, while her battle with her weight continues. And then a chance encounter starts an incredible chain of events. But can Victoria really leave behind all the hurt, neglect and loss that she has tried to forget and step into a new and fulfilling future? And whatever the scales tell her, she is determined to cherish who she is.

Everything is falling to pieces for Francesca Thayer. Her beautiful, old house is full of leaks and in need of total restoration. Then her relationship with lawyer Todd collapses and he moves out. As the owner of a struggling art gallery she cant possibly manage the mortgage alone, so she is forced to do the one thing she never imagined she would: she advertises for lodgers. First arrives Eileen a young, attractive schoolteacher who has just moved from LA. Then comes Chris, a newly-divorced father struggling with a difficult ex-wife and the challenges of parenting his seven-year-old son who visits every other weekend. Last to arrive is Marya a famous cookery author who is hoping to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. And so Francesca finds that her house has become a whole new world and as things begin to turn around, she realises that her accidental tenants have become the most important people in her life. Over their year together, the house at 44 Charles Street fills with laughter, hope and heartbreak. And Francesca discovers that she might be able to open her heart again after all

Time to blow out the candles, say goodbye to the past, and make a wish for the future! For April Wyatt, turning thirty is not what she had expected. She's single, with no interest in changing that. Her successful restaurant in downtown New York consumes every ounce of her passion and energy. Ready or not, though, April's life is about to change, in a tumultuous discovery on the morning of her milestone birthday. April's mother Valerie is a popular TV personality. Since her divorce, she has worked tirelessly to reach the pinnacle of her career. But she's having trouble equating her age with how she feels, and all the hours with personal trainers, top hairdressers and plastic surgeons can't hide the fact that she is turning sixty - and the whole world discovers it on her birthday. It is also Jack Adams' birthday - the most charismatic sports announcer and hall-of-fame football star on TV, a man who has his pick of desirable younger women. But he fears his age may finally be catching up with him when he wakes up on his fiftieth birthday needing an emergency visit to the chiropractor...As these three very different people celebrate their birthdays, they discover that life itself is a celebration - and that its greatest gifts are always a surprise. ..

Una joven japonesa decide cursar sus estudios en California a principios de los años cuarenta. Atrapada entre la pasión por la modernidad occidental y el arraigado tradicionalismo de su país, Hiroko vive inmersa en profundas contradicciones. El ataque a Pearl Harbor agudiza su malestar, pues de la noche a la mañana se convierte, junto con toda la colonia japonesa, en enemiga del pais donde reside y en victima de la hostilidad y los prejuicios de los norteamericanos. Solo la calida relacion con un profesor universitario introduce un rayo de esperanza en su negro horizonte, pero ni siquiera el amor puede sustraerse a los efectos de la guerra...

Alexandra es una abogada de éxito felizmente casada a quien la vida colma con toda la felicidad imaginable. Pero una mañana la fatalidad se cruza en su camino

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La justice est un combat de chaque instant,