Could one calamitous evening ruin the perfect life?
No challenge was too great, or so she thought........
All round high-flier Olympia Crawford Rubinstein has it all, a busy legal career, a solid marriage & a perfect family. She manages her life with grace & energy & there seems to be no challenge to which she cannot rise. Until one day she opens an invitation for her twin daughters to attend an exclusive coming out ball & her good fortune is changed irrevocably.
Chaos ensues as conflicting feelings emerge about the ball & Olympia finds herself at the heart of a severe family feud. Devastated, & pulled in all directions, Olympia is more determined than ever to steer her family through the event. Yet events unravel at an alarming speed & Olympia is poised to surrender when suddenly a series of events result in several changes of heart, old wounds are healed & new traditions born. Can an evening of heartbreak & misery make way for an evening of growth, acceptance & love?
In a novel that is by turns profound, poignant, moving & warmly funny, Danielle Steel tells the story of an extraordinary family
- finding new ways of letting go, stepping up & coming out.. ..in the ways that matter most.