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Daddy

By Danielle Steel
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Daddy by Danielle Steel is a heart-searing novel about a father's love and a family's endurance. Sarah and Oliver Watson appear to have the perfect marriage with three children, but beneath the surface, Sarah is lost and leaves after eighteen years of marriage. Oliver is left to raise their three children alone, facing rebellion and pain. Following the death of Oliver's mother, the Watson family must unite across three generations to cope with loss and find hope for the future.
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This novel is suited to readers of emotional family dramas and contemporary general fiction, especially those interested in stories of resilience, parental love, and complex family relationships.

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To the outside world, Sarah and Oliver Watson had the perfect marriage.

And then tragedy strikes once more when Oliver's mother dies in an untimely accident and three generations of the Watson family find that they must pull together to cope, and maybe one day move on and love again .

A heart searing novel of a father's love and a family's endurance...

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A heart-searing novel of a father's love and a family's endurance...

To the outside world, Sarah and Oliver Watson had the perfect marriage. Happy and successful, with three beautiful children, they seemed to have it all. But under the surface, Sarah felt lost, empty and inadequate. And one Christmas, after eighteen years of marriage, she walked out.

Left alone, Oliver struggles to cope with raising his three children. Seventeen-year-old Benjamin rebels with disastrous consequences, while fifteen-year-old Melissa angrily turns against her father, and nine-year-old Sam, the 'baby', is too shaken to deal with his mother's abandonment.

And then tragedy strikes once more when Oliver's mother dies in an untimely accident and three generations of the Watson family find that they must pull together to cope, and maybe one day move on and love again.

Daddy captures the heartfelt struggle of a family facing devastating change and the enduring strength found within bonds of love and resilience.

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ISBN: 9780552135221

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 October 1990

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Corgi Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 106.0mm

Height: 178.0mm

Weight: 197g

Pages: 384

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About the Author

Danielle Steel is one of the world's most popular and highly acclaimed authors, with over ninety international bestselling novels in print and more than 600 million copies of her novels sold. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved. To discover more about Danielle Steel and her books visit her website at www.daniellesteel.com You can also connect with Danielle on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DanielleSteelOfficial or on Twitter: @daniellesteel

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