Book Review: Neighbors by Danielle Steel

 

                                                       Kindle Edition, 270 pages
                                                       Published January 5th 2021
                                                       buy on Amazon

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Danielle Steel’s gripping new novel, a reclusive woman opens up her home to her neighbors in the wake of a devastating earthquake, setting off events that reveal secrets, break relationships apart, and bring strangers together to forge powerful new bonds.

Meredith White was one of Hollywood’s most recognizable faces. But a personal tragedy cut her acting career short and alienated her from her family. For the last fifteen years, Meredith has been living alone in San Francisco with two trusted caretakers. Then, on a muggy late summer day, a massive earthquake strikes Northern California, plunging the Bay Area into chaos. Without a moment’s hesitation, Meredith invites her stunned and shaken neighbors into her mostly undamaged home as the recovery begins.

These people did not even realize that movie star Meredith White was living on their street. Now, they are sharing her mansion, as well as their most closely kept secrets. Without the walls and privacy of their own homes, one by one, new relationships are forged. For every neighbor there is a story, from the doctor whose wife and children fear him, to the beautiful young woman dating a dishonorable man, to the aspiring writer caring for a famous blind musician.

In the heart of the crisis, Meredith finds herself venturing back into the world. And thanks to the suspicions and the dogged detective work of a disaster relief volunteer, a former military officer named Charles, a shocking truth about her own world is exposed. Suddenly Meredith sees her isolation, her estranged family, and even her acting career in a whole new light.

Filled with powerful human dramas, Neighbors is a penetrating look at how our world can be upended in a moment. In a novel of unforgettable characters and stunning twists, acts of love and courage become the most powerful forces of all.

                                                    MY REVIEW:

Neighbors by Danielle Steel
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Meredith White was one of Hollywood’s most recognizable faces. But a personal tragedy cut her acting career short and alienated her from her family. For the last fifteen years, Meredith has been living alone in San Francisco with two trusted caretakers.
When a massive earthquake hits Northern California that is when everything changes. Neighbors' houses are damaged and they need places to stay. Meredith opens up her home to several families. They didn't even realize that she lived there. Now they are all living in this mansion and getting to know each other.
1 is a family who the husband is a doctor and his wife and children fear him. Another is a beautiful woman who is dating a playboy and then we have a blind musician being taken care of by an aspiring writer.
Meredith is actually feeling whole again being around people and helping them. During all of this she meets Charles, a former military officer.
Meredith also has a family but they seem estranged from her.
I had a really hard time putting this book down. We get to know ll the characters and the friendships that are formed.
Meredith also has a couple that takes care of her and her mansion and they aren't to happy these people have all moved into the mansion and they aren't who Meredith thinks they are.
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing for the ARC to review.

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                                                              Danielle Steel

Born: New York, New York, The United States

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Genre
Fiction


Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world’s bestselling authors, with almost a billion copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include All That Glitters, Royal, Daddy’s Girls, The Wedding Dress, The Numbers Game, Moral Compass, Spy, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina’s life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; Expect a Miracle, a book of her favorite quotations for inspiration and comfort; Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved; and the children’s books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.

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