Five Days in Paris

Zusatztext Praise for Danielle Steel “Steel is one of the best!” — Los Angeles Times “Few modern writers convey the pathos of family and material life with such heartfelt empathy.” — The Philadelphia Inquirer “Steel pulls out all the emotional stops. . . . She delivers!” — Publishers Weekly “What counts for the reader is the ring of authenticity.” — San Francisco Chronicle Informationen zum Autor Danielle Steel Klappentext In Danielle Steel's beloved #1 New York Times bestselling novel! two strangers meet unexpectedly and fall in love in the City of Light. As president of a major pharmaceutical empire! Peter Haskell has everything: power! position! and a family that means everything to him. Compromise has been key in Peter Haskell's life! and integrity is the base on which he lives. Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband's ambition and career until her soul is bone-dry. She is trapped in a web of duty and obligation! married to a man she once loved and no longer even knows.Accidentally! they meet in Paris. Their totally different lives converge for one magical moment in the Place Vendôme! as Olivia carefully! silently! steps out of her life and walks away. Peter follows her! and in a café in Montmartre! their hearts are laid bare. Peter! once so certain of his path! is suddenly faced with a professional future in jeopardy. Olivia is no longer sure of anything except that she can't go on anymore.Five days in Paris is all they have. They go back to their separate lives! but nothing is the same. Everything they believe is put on the line! until they each realize they must stand fast against compromise and face life's challenges head-on.Danielle Steel's classic novel is about honor and commitment! love and integrity-and the strength to find hope again. Five Days in Paris will change your life forever. Chapter One The weather in Paris was unusually warm as Peter Haskell's plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport. The plane taxied neatly to the gate, and a few minutes later, briefcase in hand, Peter was striding through the airport. He was almost smiling as he got on the customs line, despite the heat of the day and the number of people crowding ahead of him in line. Peter Haskell loved Paris. He generally traveled to Europe four or five times a year. The pharmaceutical empire he ran had research centers in Germany, Switzerland, and France, and huge laboratories and factories in England. It was always interesting coming over here, exchanging ideas with their research teams, and exploring new avenues of marketing, which was his real forte. But this time it was far more than that, far more than just a research trip, or the unveiling of a new product. He was here for the birth of "his baby." Vicotec. His life's dream. Vicotec was going to change the lives and the outlook of all people with cancer. It was going to dramatically alter maintenance programs, and the very nature of chemotherapy the world over. It would be Peter's one major contribution to the human race. For the past four years, other than his family, it was what he had lived for. And undeniably, it was going to make Wilson-Donovan millions. More than that, obviously, their studies had already projected earnings in the first five years to well over a billion dollars. But that wasn't the point for Peter. The point was life, and the quality of those lives, severely dimmed, they were flickering candles in the dark night of cancer. And Vicotec was going to help them. At first, it had seemed like an idealistic dream, but now they were just inches from final victory, and it gave Peter a thrill every time he thought of what was about to happen. And so far, their most recent results had been perfect. Their meetings in Germany and Switzerland had gone b...

Product details

• Authors: Danielle Steel
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.2011
• EAN: 9780345528193
• ISBN: 978-0-345-52819-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 210 mm x 18 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature