Coming Out: A Novel
by Danielle Steel
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Author: Danielle SteelEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-10-27
ISBN: 0440246261
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Dell
Book Reviews of Coming Out: A Novel
Book Review: Charming novella
Summary: 4 Stars
This is my first Danielle Steel novel. I took it out of the library because it was on the front shelf, but after I looked at the reviews here, I almost returned it without even looking inside. Then it happened to be where I happened to be without anything else to read, so I started it without expecting much. To my surprise, I found the characters believable - the woman lawyer trying to juggle work and family, the federal judge husband (I am a retired lawyer), the children, their grandmother et al. - and the story light but interesting enough for a short read. As has been pointed out, this is a short book - I would call it a novella - and therefore could not carry more plotlines or character development. All in all, I found it charming, even sweet, a nice way to spend a couple of hours not thinking about political, economic, or other cataclysmic issues. I didn't expect Dostoevsky or Dickens and was therefore not disappointed when Steel turned out to be neither (at least in this book). It surely beat anything I've seen lately on television, and with no commercial breaks.
Summary of Coming Out: A Novel
Olympia Crawford Rubinstein has a way of managing her thriving family with grace and humor. With twin daughters finishing high school, a son at Dartmouth, and a kindergartner from her second marriage, there seems to be nothing Olympia can?t handle?until one sunny day in May, when she opens an invitation for her daughters to attend the most exclusive coming-out ball in New York?and chaos erupts all around her.For Olympia?s husband, Harry, the idea of a blueblood debutante ball is abhorrent. Her daughter Veronica, a natural-born rebel, agrees?while identical twin, Virginia, is already shopping for the perfect dress. Then there?s Olympia?s ex, who sees the ball as the perfect opportunity for a family feud. Amid everything, Olympia?s college-age son, Charlie, is facing a turning point in his life and will need his mother more than ever. But Olympia is determined to steer her family through the event?until, just days before the cotillion, things begin to unravel with alarming speed.
From a son?s crisis to a daughter?s heartbreak, from a case of the chickenpox to a political debate raging in her household, Olympia is on the verge of surrender . . . until a series of startling choices and changes of heart, family and friends, turn a night of calamity into an evening of magic. As old wounds are healed, barriers are shattered and new traditions are born?and a debutante ball becomes a catalyst for change, revelation, acceptance, and love.
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