Summer's End (School & Library Binding)

by Danielle Steel (Author) "Deanna Duras opened one eye to look at the clock as the first light stole in beneath the shades..." (more)
Key Phrases: Madame Duras, San Francisco, New York (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
When events conspire to irrevocably alter Deanna Duras's comfortable but empty life, Pandora's box can never again be closed. Over the course of a single summer, Deanna discovers her husband is cheating on her, begins a successful painting career, loses her 16-year-old daughter Pilar in a tragic motorcycle accident, and meets the love of her life, Ben Thompson--a highly respected art dealer who plans and executes a phenomenally profitable show for her. Only a creation of Danielle Steel's can accomplish so much in such a short time (as the rest of the world watches reruns on television!). Matters are complicated further when Deanna discovers she is pregnant; is the baby her husband's or her lover's? At summer's end, Deanna will have to decide between returning to her old life or following her heart. --Alison Trinkle --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Product Description
Left alone for the summer by her rebellious teenage daughter and a husband whose international business activities allow them almost no time together, Deanna Duras finds solace from her loneliness in an affair with Ben Thompson. Reissue. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• School & Library Binding
• Publisher: Topeka Bindery (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080851606X
• ISBN-13: 978-0808516064
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,126,403 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Summers End, July 4, 2000

By	"24heineck" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer's End (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was about a woman who never sees her husband because hes always away on business. Deanna is a really good painter, but her husband insists she paint for fun, that she didn't need a career and one in painting was for second rate people. At the begining of summer Deanna meets a art dealer who thinks her paintings are wonderfull and wants to sell them in art gallerys. In the mean time they fall in love ... and make a promise that the relationship will be over at summers end. Deanna feels guilty at first, but the more they are together, she forgets about her husband... and the more they begin to wish the summer will never end. Later Deanna finds out that her husband has been having a affair for years. I left out a considerable amount of the book. This book has tragedy, love, lies, decite and much, much more. I would definetly recommend this book!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding inquiry showing us that there can be more, December 6, 2001

By	Jessica - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer's End (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first Danielle Steel book that I have ever read. Of all the others that I have truly enjoyed, this is the one I keep coming back to. Steel writes an amazing story of a woman who loses what she never really had to gain only something that dreams are made of. Her philandering husband cares only for himself and his daughter as he pushes Deanna away. Deanna in return learns quickly that the only person she will ever have in her life ever again is a blessing that had been bestowed upon her: Ben Thompson. A captivating story reminding us to open and follow our hearts and to never look back only to regret. This is a book that you will come back to more than once in your journey reading all the great and wonderful Danielle Steel books.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book about choices, April 25, 2002

By	Theresa W (mi, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer's End (Mass Market Paperback)

This was a super book, one to curl up with or take to the beach..you can't put it down though! This is a story about life and it's tragedies. It's a story about love and the choices we all make. The story does a good job at making you feel what the characters are feeling. It is a story that can give us hope to find the courage to make changes in our own lives, to not be afraid to go after what we want.