Candy
- its the only the name she needs
- is blazing her way through Paris New York & Tokyo as fashions latest international supermodel... Her sister Tammy has a job producing the most successful hit show on TV & a home she loves in L.A.s Hollywood Hills... In New York oldest sister Sabrina is an ambitious young lawyer while Annie is an American artist in Florence living for her art... On one Fourth of July weekend as they do every year the four sisters come home to Connecticut for their familys annual gathering. But before the holiday is over tragedy strikes & their world is utterly changed. Suddenly four sisters who have been fervently pursuing success & their own lives
- on opposite sides of the world
- come together to share one New York brownstone to support each other & their father & to pick up the pieces while one sister struggles to heal her shattered body & soul. Thus begins an unscripted chapter of their lives as a bustling house is soon filled with eccentric dogs laughter tears friends men...and the kind of honesty & unconditional love only sisters can provide. But as the four women settle in each is forced to confront the direction of their respective lives. As the year passes & another July Fourth approaches a season of grief & change gives way to new beginnings as a family comes together to savour its blessings & a future filled with unexpected gifts surprises & ultimately hope. With unerring insight & compassion Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of four sisters who love & laugh struggle & triumph...and are irrevocably woven into the fabric of each others lives. Brilliantly blending humour & heartbreak she delivers a powerful message about the fragility
- & the wonder
- of life.