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Title: Mixed Blessings by Danielle Steel ISBN: 0-385-29910-9 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1992 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: very real story to me
Comment: I checked this book out of the library. I wasn't sure if I wanted to read it because at the time I was suffering through my own infertility. But once I started I was hooked. I could relate to Diana so easily, the heartache that occured at the same time each month, and the feeling that there was something wrong long before I went to any doctor. Like Diana, I too was able to overcome this problem, and now have two beautiful sons (our own biological children, too!) I didn't relate quite as well to the other couples, but did find their stories facinating as well. The research Danielle Steel did was very good except for one flaw - when Pillar had her miscarriage around New Year's she was back in getting another insemination done the next month -I also had this procedure done and doctors will not do this procedure for three months after a miscarriage. Also her discription of the procedure itself was a little different than mine. But excellent reading none the less!
Rating: 4
Summary: A Book for All Women
Comment: This book was absolutely wonderful. Danielle Steel's novel, Mixed Blessings, is a beautifully written novel that is just that. She could not have picked a better title for a novel that tells the stories of three women and their new husbands. She takes the readers inside the lives of three very different women as they fight uphill battles followed by reward and disapointment. Danielle Steel introduces the couples on their wedding days, which is the only link connecting the couples. She also does a wonderful job introducing the couples as she provides a vivid description of each character's family background, education, likes and dislikes, and their overall disposition. Through her colorful descriptions, Danielle Steel creates characters that seem so real and complex. I found it impossible not to feel as if I related to them or knew them. Because the couples were so diverse, any reader is bound to find one character that they understand and connect with. This book especially appeals to women as the author ties in common dilemmas and turmoil that women tend to face. The first couple, Diane and Andy, are a young couple who appear to all as the picture perfect couple envied by all. This couple desires nothing more than to start their own family, but that just doesn't seem to be in the cards for them. Every attempt to become pregnant is followed by failure and pressure falls on the marriage. This couple's story kept me turning the pages as they fought to have a family and in the end, just to keep the marriage together. I enjoyed reading about this couple because in the beginning I wasn't able to understand how having a baby could be so important above all else. The further I read, the more I was able to see from a different point of view. I enjoyed reading about Pilar and Brad the most. Pilar was a character that I understood from the beginning and a character that most represented me. This couple is very career devoted and successful. To Pilar, having kids was never something to consider. A life that was so set suddenly takes a major turn when Brad's daughter has her first baby. Pilar begins to worry that she has missed out and she fears she will regret not having her own. Danielle Steel takes you into this character's mind and heart as she decides whether she should have a baby or if it's too late in life. I felt so bad for Pilar as she tried to make the big decision. I gave this book only four stars because I did not see the importance of the third couple. The third couple's marriage was filled with deception and built on stability and lust rather than love. Because there was not enough focus on this couple,I never felt like I understood them or what they wanted. I almost feel like they were not an active part of the story. I didn't like the outcome of this couple's story. Regardless of the third couple, this beautiful novel ties together diversity in life and the luck bestowed upon different people from all walks of life. Page after page played upon my emotions and pulled at my heart strings. This is a must read book for all women, especially mothers and mothers to be.
Rating: 2
Summary: A little too repetitive
Comment: This book was okay, but I thought Danielle Steel could do better. All three stories were too repetitive. They all had to do with people having babies and people being sterile. I also think that the story of Diana and Andy was too far fetched because she got pregnant even though she was presumably sterile and had a one in ten thousand chance of getting pregnant. I think D.S. fans should consider reading it though, because everyone has their own opinion.
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Title: Vanished by Danielle Steel ISBN: 0440217466 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Wings by Danielle Steel ISBN: 0440217512 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Secrets by Danielle Steel ISBN: 0440176484 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 October, 1986 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Remembrance by Danielle Steel ISBN: 0440173701 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 November, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Gift by Danielle Steel ISBN: 0440221315 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 05 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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