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Lightning / Danielle Steel.
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- ISBN: 9780440221500 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780385311922
- ISBN: 0385311923
- Physical Description: 396 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press : 1995.
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| Subject: | Cancer > Fiction. Problem marriages > Fiction. |
| Topic Heading: | AF |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Elkford Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elkford Public Library | FC STE (Text) | 35170000310888 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 1995 April
~ A happy family is shattered and scattered when a career woman is diagnosed with breast cancer: Steel's (The Gift, 1994, etc.) very damp--indeed, heavy-weeping--latest. Beautiful Alexandra Parker (her legs are long, her hair is red)--a top-flight Manhattan attorney specializing in labor law and libel--has been been happily married for 17 years to handsome Sam Parker, a top-flight venture capitalist. Alexandra and Sam are the middle-aged parents (she's 42) of adorable four-year-old Annabelle. Then one day Alex has a routine mammogram, and her world shatters: She will have to have surgery to remove a large malignant mass. Even before the radical mastectomy, however, and then afterward at home, what becomes horrifyingly clear to Alex is that her husband can't cope with her terrors and grief. At one point, Sam accuses her of ``whining'' and demands: ``Why can't you suffer quietly?'' (It seems that his mother's death from cancer has immobilized compassion). Then, for Alex, there are six months of chemotherapy. While Sam succumbs to the siren call of Daphne the British bombshell, his wife's balding head is being held by assistant partner Brock in marathon regurgitations in the office bathroom. Eventually, Brock and Alex (even before the six months are past) become lovers, Sam begins to have doubts about Daphne, and Annabelle is shuttled back and forth between parents. Then disaster strikes again when Sam and his partners are indicted for fraud and embezzlement. Is it the slammer for Sam? Will Alex solve her dilemma of loving both Brock the Kind and Sam the Pain, still her (now repentent) husband? Steel stretches the suspense until the last few pages. It was inevitable that prolific Steel would tackle a (rightfully) current concern, but--well, suffering along with Alex does not offer typical Steelian recreation. Copyright 1999 Kirkus Reviews - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 1995 March
In Steel's latest, a happily married couple's relationship is tested by tragedy. Alexandra Parker has enough trouble coping with bad news from the doctor, but her husband's seeming lack of support?and a catastrophic plunge in his career?could push the marriage over the cliff. Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 1995 May #1
The latest offering from the indefatigable Steel is as much a cancer-survival manual as it is a romance novel. Alexandra Parker has it all?a partnership at one of New York's most prestigious law firms, a lovable husband of 17 years and a beautiful little girl. Then a routine checkup reveals breast cancer. Like lightning, her whole world is shattered. At 40, Alex loses not only her breast and hair but also her husband and happy home. Wall Street wizard Sam Parker loves his wife, but Alex's illness terrifies him (his mother died of cancer). So, instead of supporting her, he turns to a younger, healthier woman. Alex, devastated by Sam's emotional abandonment and scared to death of what is happening to her body, is ready to give up on herself and life when in steps a wonderful younger man who helps her regain her spirit, her courage and her sense of worth. Planning to remarry, Alex is about to ask Sam (now living with his girlfriend) for a divorce when lightning strikes again. This time, it's Sam who's on the brink of disaster: his partners have embezzled their clients' money. Suddenly, Sam realizes how much he needs and loves a cancer-free Alex; but will the spurned heroine return to him? Steel's message?that women are stronger than men but more foolish in love?may annoy some readers, but Alex's brave struggle to survive is inspiring and will have most of the author's fans cheering as usual by the novel's sentimental, three-handkerchief finale. Major ad/promo; rights: Janklow & Nesbit. (July) Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 1996 May #4
A woman's mastectomy has a disastrous effect on her marriage in Steel's latest, which spent 10 weeks on PW's bestseller list. (July) Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information.
