Allegra / Joy

Danielle Steel vuelve a emocionarnos con la inolvidable historia de una mujer que se niega a rendirse hasta encontrar la felicidad que merece.

Allegra Dixon nunca se había sentido querida. Cuando tenía seis años, su madre se marchó sin siquiera despedirse de ella. Su padre, militar de oficio al que veía raramente, decidió enviarla a casa de los abuelos, donde Allegra se crio en soledad, con el único consuelo de los libros.

Durante los años en un internado conoce a un apuesto cadete de West Point. Deciden casarse, y entre misión y misión se aferran a sus breves momentos juntos. Pero pronto se da cuenta de que los horrores de la guerra han transformado a su esposo en un hombre al que ya no reconoce. Cuando creía haber encontrado la felicidad se siente de nuevo sola.

Decidida a volver a empezar, Allegra se muda a California, donde acepta un puesto como asistente de un hombre de genio creativo y personalidad intensa.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In this deeply moving novel from beloved author Danielle Steel, a determined young woman must survive a series of abandonments to find a love that is worthy of her.

When she is only six years old, Allegra Dixon’s party-loving mother leaves without so much as a goodbye. Her father, an emotionally distant military officer, is also unable—or unwilling—to care for her. Sent to live like a ghost in her grandparents’ joyless home, Allegra finds her only solace through an escape into books.

Attending boarding school, life finally takes a turn when she meets a dashing young West Point cadet named Shep Williams. Soon their friendship blossoms into something more, and they fall deeply in love.

After college, Allegra has established herself as a book editor and Shep is rising through the ranks of the military. But then Shep suddenly receives a posting to Afghanistan, and they decide to marry before he goes. Between his deployments, they cling to their brief and fraught stolen moments together. Each time he leaves, Shep promises the separations will soon come to an end.

But soon Allegra realizes that the horrors of war have begun to change her husband into a man she no longer recognizes. The trauma he has experienced proves to be too harrowing, and Allegra will find herself feeling utterly alone again just when she thought she’d finally found happiness.

In her new novel, Danielle Steel tells the unforgettable story of a woman who refuses to give up until she finds the joy she deserves.