Four sisters, a Manhattan brownstone and a tumultuous year of loss and courage are at the
heart of Danielle Steel's new novel about a remarkable family, a stunning tragedy - and
what happens when four very different young women come together under one very lively
roof.

Candy - it's the only the name she needs - is blazing her way through Paris, New York and Tokyo as fashion's latest international supermodel...Her sister, Tammy, has a job producing the most successful hit show on TV, and a home she loves in L.A.'s Hollywood Hills...In New York, oldest sister Sabrina is an ambitious young lawyer, while Annie is an American artist in Florence, living for her art...On one Fourth of July weekend, as they do every year, the four sisters come home to Connecticut for their family's annual gathering. But before the holiday is over, tragedy strikes and their world is utterly changed. Suddenly, four sisters who have been fervently pursuing success and their own lives - on opposite sides of the world - come together to share one New York brownstone, to support each other and their father, and to pick up the pieces while one sister struggles to heal her shattered body and soul. Thus begins an unscripted chapter of their lives, as a bustling house is soon filled with eccentric dogs, laughter, tears, friends, men...and the kind of honesty and unconditional love only sisters can provide.

But as the four women settle in, each is forced to confront the direction of their respective lives. As the year passes and another July Fourth approaches, a season of grief and change gives way to new beginnings as a family comes together to savor its blessings and a future filled with unexpected gifts, surprises, and ultimately, hope. With unerring insight and compassion, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of four sisters who love and laugh, struggle and triumph...and are irrevocably woven into the fabric of each other's lives. Brilliantly blending humor and heartbreak, she delivers a powerful message about the fragility - and the wonder - of life.

Four sisters, a Manhattan brownstone, and a tumultuous year of loss and courage are at the heart of Danielle Steel?s new novel about a remarkable family, a stunning tragedy ? and what happens when four very different young women come together under one very lively roof.

SISTERS

21-year-old Candy ? it?s the only name she needs ? is blazing her way through Paris, New York, and Tokyo as fashion?s latest international supermodel ? Her sister Tammy, 29, has a job producing the most successful hit show on TV, and a home she loves in LA?s Hollywood Hills ? In New York, oldest sister Sabrina, 34, is an ambitious young lawyer, while Annie, at 26, is an American artist in Florence, living for her art ? On one Fourth of July weekend, as they do every year, the four sisters come home to Connecticut for their family?s annual gathering. But before the holiday is over, tragedy strikes and their world is utterly changed.

Suddenly, four sisters who have been fervently pursuing success and their own lives ? on opposite sides of the world ? reunite to share one New York brownstone, to support each other and their father, and to pick up the pieces while one sister struggles to heal her shattered body and soul. Thus begins an unscripted chapter of their lives, as a bustling house is soon filled with eccentric dogs, laughter, tears, friends, men ? and the kind of honesty and unconditional love only sisters can provide. But as the four women settle in, they are forced to confront the direction of their respective lives. As the year passes and another July Fourth approaches, a season of grief and change gives way to new beginnings ? as a family comes together to share its blessings and a future filled with surprises, and, ultimately, hope.

With unerring insight and compassion, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of four sisters who love and laugh, struggle and triumph ? and are irrevocably woven into the fabric of each other?s lives. Brilliantly blending humor and heartbreak, she delivers a powerful message about the fragility ? and the wonder ? of life.

Danielle Steel:
Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world?s most popular authors, with over 530 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include The House, Toxic Bachelors, Miracle, Impossible, Echoes, Second Chance, Ransom, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina?s life and death.

2007-07-24 Excellent until a too sudden, too sugarcoated ending!

In Danielle Steel's latest novel "Sisters", the story starts out with the usual trademark fairytale quality.

Four sisters with highly successful and interesting careers, are scattered around the world; New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Florence. Hardly your average bunch of ordinary lives.

But that's the beginning. The surface. The setting. Until tragedy strikes and man's vulnerability cuts through whatever glamourous lifestyles the sisters may seemingly enjoy.

Life is turned upside down. The reality is as unexpected, harsh and as far from a fairytale as can be. The best part of the book describes the developments straight forward, honest and with much warmth and insight.

That a happy ending awaits, is Danielle Steel's trademark. However, the way tragedy all too quickly literary turns into happiness is a bit too easy to give the story balance. The pieces of the puzzle fall into place so fast and conveniently for all the family members that the situation is hard to fathom even for the most soft-hearted.

Tragedies ARE overcome but usually it takes time and hardship to build up a new future.

This book could actually have been longer. A more natural development of the situation and not the lightening quick wrapping up of loose ends during the last fifty pages or so, would have given the story more credibility.

Happy solutions are nice, but the turning of events in "Sisters" is simply too sweet and sudden even for a fairytale.

I almost gave the book four stars, but those miraculous solutions broke the book's rhytme and was in too sharp contrast to the rest of the book which was five star quality. In fact, after the first appr. two thirds of the book I thought it one of Danielle Steel's best books ever.

All together an enjoyable read, somewhat lessonned by a too sugarcoated ending.