
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'