From the dust jacket: "Beautiful, introverted Maggie Dartman is settling into a new home at a crucial time in her life. Healing from two recent losses-the tragic death of her teenage son and the painful dissolution of her marriage-she's become resigned to living the rest of her life alone. Meanwhile, her neighbor, widower Quinn Thompson, is also struggling with his failures as a husband and a father. Now retired, he has only recently realized the depth of his late wife's love for him. Trying to run from his memories, Quinn can't wait to sell his home-and escape his regrets by sailing around the world in a magnificent boat being built in Holland. But when the storm of the century ravages San Francisco, the powerful tempest will bring with it Jack Adams, a young carpenter who will repair more than just their damaged homes-he'll also help them heal their broken hearts so they can, once again, believe in miracles."
Miracle is a story with hope and promise of love and friendship as only Danielle Steel can tell it. You will love the characters and will be rooting for them all the way. Maggie Dartman is settling into a new home after the death of her teenage son and the dissolution of her marriage. Meanwhile her neighbor, Quinn Thompson, is also struggling with his failures as a husband and father. A young carpenter will repair more than broken homes ... he will also help heal their broken hearts so they can, once again, believe in miracles.
From Publishers Weekly
Miraculous? Indeed. Miraculous that Steel ekes 200 pages of book out of 50 pages of recycled plot. Quinn Thompson, a 61-year-old recent widower, has just bought the boat of his dreamsan 80-meter beauty capable of sailing around the world. Because that's all Quinn wants to do besides read his late wife Jane's old journals and poetry, which offer an outpouring of love and forgiveness for a man so obsessed with "building his empire" that he ignored his wife and family completely. Less forgiving is Quinn's daughter, Alex, who wants nothing to do with him. Sure that he is alone in the world, Quinn finds himself having regular Friday dinners with an unlikely San Francisco pair: smart but illiterate carpenter Jack Adams and lonely divorcée Maggie Hartman. Full of self-loathing, Quinn refuses to give in to his desire for Maggie; instead he decides to teach Jack to read. Readers follow the two through a 150-page rapturous description of the respect and admiration they have for each other, while Quinn attempts to forgive himself enough to allow himself to love Maggie. Steel ignores the old "show, don't tell" saw entirely here, and the slim plot and repetitive, drab writing may stymie even the most devoted of her fans.
Miraculous? Indeed. Miraculous that Steel ekes 200 pages of book out of 50 pages of recycled plot. Quinn Thompson, a 61-year-old recent widower, has just bought the boat of his dreamsan 80-meter beauty capable of sailing around the world. Because that's all Quinn wants to do besides read his late wife Jane's old journals and poetry, which offer an outpouring of love and forgiveness for a man so obsessed with "building his empire" that he ignored his wife and family completely. Less forgiving is Quinn's daughter, Alex, who wants nothing to do with him. Sure that he is alone in the world, Quinn finds himself having regular Friday dinners with an unlikely San Francisco pair: smart but illiterate carpenter Jack Adams and lonely divorcée Maggie Hartman. Full of self-loathing, Quinn refuses to give in to his desire for Maggie; instead he decides to teach Jack to read. Readers follow the two through a 150-page rapturous description of the respect and admiration they have for each other, while Quinn attempts to forgive himself enough to allow himself to love Maggie. Steel ignores the old "show, don't tell" saw entirely here, and the slim plot and repetitive, drab writing may stymie even the most devoted of her fans.
This book does not have a cover as shown it's from the library....
