This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind a heart of gold & a tortured soul' From the day he was born Nick Traina was his mother's joy By nineteen he was dead This is Danielle Steel's powerful story of the son she lost & the lessons she learned during his courageous battle against darkness Sharing tender painful memories Steel brings us a haunting duet between & singular young man & the mother who loved him
- & a harrowing portrait of a masked killer called manic depression Nick rocketed through life like a shooting star He spoke in full sentences at the age of one He was a brilliant charming child who never slept His gift for writing was extraordinary his musical talent promised a golden future But by the time he entered junior high he was hurtling towards disaster His mother tried desperately to get him the help he needed
- the opening salvos for what would become a ferocious battle for his life At once a loving legacy & an unsparing depiction of a devastating illness Danielle Steel's tribute to her lost son is a gift of life hope healing & understanding to us all 'I want to share the story & the pain the courage the love & what I learned in living through it My hope is that someone will be able to use what we learned & save a life with it'