Daddy - Danielle Steel

This is chick lit, and the first Danielle Steele book that I have read, although as she is a prolific chick lit author (I know of 65 published books), I have been aware of her existence for many years. I read this one on the recommendation of a friend who enjoys mainly women authors, but as diverse styles as Martina Cole's thrillers to any Mills & Boon romance. I made the mistake of reading the book cover first. This gave away at least the first half of the plot, and the plot wasn't strong enough for me to enjoy it much after that. In case you still want to read the book, against my advice, I won't spoil the plot for you. I will tell you that ...

Danielle steels book daddy was first published in 1989, Its retail price when i brought my copy many years ago was £3.99 Daddy is the story of oliver watsons battle to cope with all the turmoil of a marriage break down after 18 happy years together at the same time he has to cope with a whole host of other things life so cruely throws at him. His mother is killed in an accident, at the same time as trying to cope with his marriage breakdown, greiving for his mother he also has to help his elderly dad pick up the pieces of his broken heart and life at 72 years old and help him begin again without his beloved wife. Olivers wife has left ...

It has been a while since I read any of Danielle Steel. In her earlier books, although she had a good knack of holding a story together, where I felt she failed to gain my attention was that all of her heroines were beautiful people in designer clothing and living amidst the rich. I was neither entertained by it, nor did it appeal to my imagination very much. Having read work, it would never give me food for thought, which is what I expect from any novel that I take the time to read. Daddy is a strange sort of tale and takes Daniel Steele out of the realms of the rich and famous, though into male perspective to a certain degree, since the main character within ...