11/26/18, Beauchamp Hall
Hi Everyone,
I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving, warmly spent with family and friends, or maybe you spent it helping others, which is a wonderful way to spend it too. In San Francisco, the air and the skies finally cleared of smoke, as though for a special blessing on Thanksgiving Day, and the air quality finally returned to normal, after weeks of dangerously toxic air. I was very grateful to spend it with 5 of my children, extended family, and a few friends, for a peaceful, loving family holiday. I ate way too much, as I do every year, but the meal was delicious and hard to resist!!! Now onwards to the Christmas holidays, the next few weeks will speed by, as they always do, and I haven’t finished my holiday shopping yet!!!
I’m excited that my new book just came out in hardcover last week, “Beauchamp Hall”. I always try to pick a somewhat inspiring book to come out for the holidays. One that gives us hope for our own lives, and entertains at the same time (and will make a good gift for those who give my books as gifts). The heroine of the story is a young woman (in her 30’s) whose life has taken several sharp turns in unwanted directions—until all her dreams are far behind her, out of reach now and long forgotten. Her early dreams were to become a book editor in New York. She lives in a small town in the Mid-West which she hoped to escape after college. And her early college years were promising. Her mother had given her her love of books, and shared the magic of reading with her. When she leaves for college, she has a married sister, who married young. Halfway through college, the heroine’s mother gets very sick, and she leaves college to take care of her—-intending to go back to college one day to pursue her dreams. Her mother is sick for several years, and by the time she passes on, it seems too late for the heroine to return to college. Her married sister is busy with her own life, so the heroine gets stuck with all the nursing duties, and gave up years of her life for her mother. She slips into a boring job she hates, with a very nasty boss. And out of loyalty and habit, and stuck in a rut, she sticks with the job she hates, which becomes a dead end for her. She has a boyfriend who treats her badly, and she deserves better. The only bright spot in her life is a good friend who works in the same place, and they are best friends. At Christmas, they play a game at the office called “The White Elephant Game”, which we play in my office, and in my family at the holidays. Everyone brings a gift anonymously, and takes turns picking a gift, ‘stealing’ the gifts from each other. She wins the DVD’s of a popular TV series she had never seen before (and isn’t too excited with the gift!!). And at Christmas her life goes off the rails, the job she hates becomes even worse, her best friend betrays her, her boyfriend, who has always taken her for granted, gets worse too. The sister who has never helped her criticizes her constantly. Her life unravels at a rapid pace, and the only consolation in her life are the DVDs she won of the TV series, which inspire her to change her life radically. She does what we all sometimes dream of doing—–changing everything in our lives, or even changing something. When everything in her dull routine life falls apart, she takes bold steps, and bravely sets out on an entirely new course. The book is about what happens to her then. Her bravery is rewarded with some terrific adventures, fun times, new places, and good people. And her life is as different as it could possibly be from the dreary existence she had before. The book is about having the courage to change things, to do something new and different, and throw open the doors and windows wide to new experiences——and the wonderful places it leads her. She has new dreams far better than anything she could have dreamed of before. And her courage is richly rewarded. I really hope you enjoy it, and that it gives you lots of smiles and new hope. Sometimes we just have to turn the dial a little for everything to change. I hope you have a lot of fun with the book!!!
Have a terrific week, and I hope that wonderful new things happen to you!!!
love, Danielle
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Hi Danielle how are you ???? I talked to Alessandro, and he told me about the days spent at home, in the air too full of smoke due to the devastating fires in Malibu !!!!!now Christmas is coming, I send you a big hug and I hope to see you soon, maybe in Paris
Kisses
Francesca
hello, Miss Danielle, and it’s nice to hear from you,and read your works as always. I do enjoy rereading Property of A Noblewoman these days, and the book teaches me it’s very heartwarming to realize that there’s somebody kindhearted who loves you so dearly even though she has passed on. And the book, like many others written by you, inspires me a great deal to enjoy learning about history, as well as foreign languages. I hope to learn some good tips on language learning from you, if you can write about it. I wish you all the best, and as always, thank you so much for being around. God bless you and your family, and my warmest greetings from the Philippines. Thank you for everything, happy holidays to you! 🙂
Hi Danielle steel i have ur books and love ur books
Tiffany dyson
From jasper,tx
Danielle,
” Beauchamp HALL” , cool title, and interesting story…
Camille
Danielle,
I am being curious …hmmm! Why the title of your new book is “Beauchamp Hall”?!*
Camille
I have been praying for the success of your Beauchamp Hall. Praise God!!! Your imagination and hard work has been rewarded. I am very happy for you and all of us , who are addicted to your novels.
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