Una buena mujer / A Good Woman-Fast Shipping

Description

Desdelas lujosas salas de baile de Manhattan hasta las batallas de la Primera Guerra Mundial, Danielle Steelnos transporta al mundo fascinante deuna mujer de espíritu indómita que saca fuerzas de sus pérdidas y renace enmedio de la adversidad.

Annabelle Wirthington,de diecinueve años, nació rodeada de los privilegios y el glamour de la lata sociedad neoyorquina en unagran casa de la Quinta Avenida. Sinembargo, un día grisáceo de abril de 1912 todo cambió: el Titanic se hundió y su mundo también.

Para olvidarse desus tristezas, Annabelle se entrega a obras caritativas y a cuidar a los pobres y aquí se despierta su pasión porla medicina.

Cuando su primer amor y lo que promete ser unmatrimonio idílico también seconvierte en cenizas, Annabelle se ve obligada a huir a Francia, un país en guerra donde tal vez podrá por findedicarse a su verdadera vocación:estudiar medicina, ayudar a los heridos y salvar vidas en la primera línea debatalla.

Cuando termina la guerra, Annabelle comienza unanueva vida en París. Ahora es doctoray madre y su pasado en Nueva York queda lejos y casi olvidado hasta que un día un encuentrocasual la enfrenta con todo lo que dejó atrás.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Fromthe glittering ballrooms of Manhattan to the fires of World War I, DanielleSteel takes us on an unforgettable journey in her new novel—a spellbindingtale of war, loss, history, and one woman’s unbreakable spirit.

Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a life of privilege,raised amid the glamour of New York society, with glorious homes on FifthAvenue and in Newport, Rhode Island. But everything changed on a cold Aprilday in 1912, when the sinking of the Titanic shattered her family and herprivileged world forever. Finding strength within her grief, Annabelle poursherself into volunteer work, nursing the poor, igniting a passion formedicine that would shape the course of her life.

But for Annabelle, first love, and a seemingly idyllic marriage, will soonbring more grief—this time caused by the secrets of the human , and pursued by a scandal she does not deserve, Annabelle flees NewYork for war-ravaged France, hoping to lose herself in a life of , in the heart of the First World War, in a groundbreaking fieldhospital run by women, Annabelle finds her true calling, working as anambulance medic on the front lines, studying medicine, saving lives. And whenthe 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 theworld she had left behind. Finding strength in the most unlikely offriendships, pulling together the broken fragments of her life, Annabellewill return to New York one more time—this time as a changed woman, a womanof substance, infused with life’s experience, building a future filled withhope… out of the rich soil of the past.

Filled with breathtaking images and historical detail, Danielle Steel’s newnovel introduces one of her most unique and fascinating characters: AnnabelleWorthington, a remarkable woman, a good woman, a true survivor who triumphsagainst overwhelming odds. For Annabelle’s story is more than compellingfiction, it is a powerful celebration of life, dignity, and courage—and atestament to the human will to survive.