In The Ghost, Danielle Steel has brilliantly interwoven past and present in a timeless novel of courage, history and love. With a wife he loves and an exciting London-based career, Charles Waterston is quite unprepared for the sudden end to his ten-year marriage - and his unwanted transfer to the New York office. With nothing left to lose, and with Christmas approaching, Charlie takes leave of absence and drives through New England, hoping to make peace with himself. A sudden, blinding snowstorm strands him in a small town, where an elderly widow offers to rent him an exquisite lakeside chateau hidden deep in the woods. From the moment he sets foot inside, Charles feels the presence of Sarah, the beautiful young woman who lived and died there two centuries ago - and on Christmas Eve, he glimpses her for the first time. At first he thinks it is a trick, until he finds her diaries hidden away in an old trunk and, as he turns the brittle, dusty pages and learns more about Sarah, she starts to come alive for him
From her arrival in America in 1789, Sarah writes of her harrowing flight from England and her determination to start a new life in the vast new world. She meets a French nobleman who transforms her life, and their fateful union has a love so powerful that it reaches across the centuries. Her story gives Charlie the courage to let go of his past, and the freedom to grasp a future that is right before his eyes
Our group had mixed feelings on this book, but more positive than negative comments. Our ladies enjoyed the 2 different story lines, especially the ghost plot. The ghost story had more interesting characters than the current day story. We appreciated Sarah’s courage to travel across the sea to restart her life alone. She was a determined, optimistic, strong character. Danielle Steel did a good job with the historical details. Everyone was glad when the Earl of Balfour character died. Some of us wished the book ended differently involving the ghost more and wanted additional information about Sarah’s family in later years
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