Helpful Score: 3
A well written story with likeable characters, this book was enjoyable and fast paced. Follows a young lady overcoming impossible odds who triumphs at the end. Easy, casual summertime reading at its best by one of the best authors.
Helpful Score: 2
I am a huge fan of Danielle Steel and her last few books have not been very good. This one though is back to the Danielle Steel I have come to admire. The writing was wonderful and I loved the story line. After all these years of writing she hasn't lost her touch-only thing I would change about the book is more of a closure on the storyline but she is famous for doing that. Highly Recommended!
Helpful Score: 1
this good was okay. I liked the struggles that main character goes through and works to over come. I gave it three starts because I was disappointed that there wasn't more romance. Still a good read though.
Helpful Score: 1
At first I thought was going to be a goofy book, but it turned out to be a real good book. I related to a lot of the content. I was glad to see it had a different scenario that the string of Steel's book that became same plot different character.
Born into a life of luxury and raised among the privileged classes of New York society, nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington has spent the majority of her life mingling with the afluent and cherished elite, as a part of the glittering world and the glamorous ballrooms of the Manhattan social set. With glorious family homes on Fifth Avenue and also in Newport, Rhode Island, Annabelle has been raised to expect only the best that life has to offer - taught to rely on her family's name and their stellar reputation to pave her way in life. Yet Annabelle's life as she knows it is irrevocably swept away on a bitterly cold day in April of 1912, when the sinking of the Titanic shatters her life forever. Drawing on an indomitable source of strength from somewhere deep within her grief, Annabelle pours herself into volunteer work.
It is while nursing the poor, that Annabelle finds her true purpose - igniting a desire in medicine, a passion that will never be extinguished - something which will inevitably shape the course of her life far into the future. But for Annabelle, it is her first love, and a seemingly idyllic marriage which will soon bring her yet more grief and an incalculable heartbreak. Devastated and betrayed by the revelation of her husband's deepest secrets, Annabelle flees New York for war-ravaged France, pursued by a scandal she does not deserve. Hoping to lose herself in a life of service, Annabelle will dedicate herself to the fulfillment of others.
There in the heart of war-torn France - at the height of World War I - in a ground-breaking field hospital run entirely by women, Annabelle finds her true calling. Working as an ambulance medic on the front lines; studying medicine; tending to the gravely sick and grievously wounded; doing what she can to save lives. And when the war ends, she begins her new life in Paris - as a respected doctor, a mother, and with her past put firmly in its place; her devastating memories almost entirely forgotten...until a fateful meeting opens her heart to the world she had left behind.
Finding strength in the unlikeliest of friendships, pulling together the broken fragments of her life, Annabelle will return to New York once more - this time as a changed woman; a woman of rare substance; someone who was forged by life's experiences; and infused with her hard-won knowledge of harsh circumstances. Annabelle will finally find joy in building a future filled with hope...growing out of the rich, fertile soil of the past.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book; I found it to be well-written, richly detailed and well-grounded in the historical period. In my opinion, this was slightly different from Ms. Steel's usual work, and Annabelle Worthington was a vibrantly strong character, who I immediately related to - and felt for - as I read further into the story. I would certainly give A Good Woman by Danielle Steel an A+!
It is while nursing the poor, that Annabelle finds her true purpose - igniting a desire in medicine, a passion that will never be extinguished - something which will inevitably shape the course of her life far into the future. But for Annabelle, it is her first love, and a seemingly idyllic marriage which will soon bring her yet more grief and an incalculable heartbreak. Devastated and betrayed by the revelation of her husband's deepest secrets, Annabelle flees New York for war-ravaged France, pursued by a scandal she does not deserve. Hoping to lose herself in a life of service, Annabelle will dedicate herself to the fulfillment of others.
There in the heart of war-torn France - at the height of World War I - in a ground-breaking field hospital run entirely by women, Annabelle finds her true calling. Working as an ambulance medic on the front lines; studying medicine; tending to the gravely sick and grievously wounded; doing what she can to save lives. And when the war ends, she begins her new life in Paris - as a respected doctor, a mother, and with her past put firmly in its place; her devastating memories almost entirely forgotten...until a fateful meeting opens her heart to the world she had left behind.
Finding strength in the unlikeliest of friendships, pulling together the broken fragments of her life, Annabelle will return to New York once more - this time as a changed woman; a woman of rare substance; someone who was forged by life's experiences; and infused with her hard-won knowledge of harsh circumstances. Annabelle will finally find joy in building a future filled with hope...growing out of the rich, fertile soil of the past.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book; I found it to be well-written, richly detailed and well-grounded in the historical period. In my opinion, this was slightly different from Ms. Steel's usual work, and Annabelle Worthington was a vibrantly strong character, who I immediately related to - and felt for - as I read further into the story. I would certainly give A Good Woman by Danielle Steel an A+!
I thought the book was pretty good. It seemed to me like some of the characters could have had more depth to them but otherwise a good read.
This is a unforgettable, spellbinding book, I couldn't put it down.
Typical Danielle Steel. A good story to get totally caught up in. I love the way the views of the time period are expressed. A great window into the past.
I read Danielle Steel when I was a freshman in high school...probably shouldn't have. I have always known her books to be a little on the sexy side but this one was different from the ones that I have read in the past. This one had no sex! But as all of them do there was tragedy. When each tragedy struck she handled each one with such grace. I found myself wondering if I would react the same way. She never spoke badly of those that caused her pain. I only wish that I too could react to life with grace.
I didn't like how it ended though. I didn't realize it was over until I turned the page and there was nothing there! Who does that? So maybe a little more closer at the end or at least set it up better for a sequel.
I didn't like how it ended though. I didn't realize it was over until I turned the page and there was nothing there! Who does that? So maybe a little more closer at the end or at least set it up better for a sequel.
Loved this book as I do all of Danielle Steel's novels. I don't normally like period pieces, but found this one enticing. Danielle integrated historical facts with her descriptive fiction to make a book that read so easily and quickly. Not one to pass up!
I know many of her books are starting to be predictable in nature but they are still very good storys that hit home.
LOVED IT! I don't normally like to read historical books, but this one was so good.
a light but enjoyable read. The story was predictable but the telling of it was good! A great read for the beach or a trip.
Predictable! I am sooo done with Danielle Steel.
This book was very depressing to me. I thought that for being such a good woman, she (Annabelle) should have had better things happen to her in her life. It was just okay.
A good woman who has been a victim time and again. Builds a life for herself through the help of those who recognize her worth. Finally she discovers the truly "Good Woman" who completes the cycle of victimhood by mentoring her and blesses her with the distinguished title she was born to wear.
A young woman proves she is a A GOOD WOMEN by holding her head high at every turn overcoming scandle,nursing solders in WWI and becoming a doctor.
