To look at one was to see the other. For family even the girls' own father it was a constant guessing game. For strangers the surprise was overwhelming. & for twins Olivia & Victoria coming of age at the turn of the century their bond was mysterious marvelous & often playful
- a secret realm only they inhabited. Shy serious Olivia born eleven minutes before her sister had taken over the role of mother in their lush New York estate. Free-spirited Victoria wanted to change the world & embraced the women's suffrage movement dreaming of sailing to war-torn Europe. Then in the girls' twenty-first year as the First World War escalated overseas a fateful choice changed their lives forever. Handsome lawyer Charles Dawson came into their lives to try to save the reputation of Victoria whose life was about to become a public scandal. Still mourning the death of his wife aboard the Titanic struggling to raise his nine-year old son Charles was determined never to lose his heart again. An irrevocable step took one of the twins to the battlefields of France & the other into a marriage she longed for but thought she could not have. From Manhattan society to the trenches of war-torn France Mirror Image" moves elegantly & dramatically through a rich & troubled era. With startling insight Danielle Steel explores women's choices: between home & adventure between the love for family & the passion for a cause between sacrifice & desire."