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    The Kiss

    Written by Danielle Steel

    Narrated by Joseph Siravo

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    In her 53rd bestselling novel, Danielle Steel explores how a single shattering moment can change lives forever. The Kiss is at once a moving testament to the fragility of life and a breathtaking story about the power of love to heal, to free, to transform, and to make broken spirits whole.

    On a warm June evening, a red double-decker bus, full of pasengers, speeds down a London street. A few blocks away, a man and a woman climb into a limousine, reveling in a magical evening of dancing and champagne. As their driver pulls into an intersection, the couple shares their first, searching kiss. For a moment, etched in time, all stands still-until, in a flash of metal and glass, their limousine is struck at full speed, crushed under the bus's tremendous weight. And a long journey begins-toward healing, toward hope, toward dreams of an infinite future...

    Isabelle Forrester is the exquisite wife of a prominent Parisian banker who has long since shut her out of his heart. For lonely years, Isabelle has lived a life of isolation, pouring her passions into caring for her desperately ill son, Teddy, and into making their Paris home as happy as possible for her teenage daughter, Sophie. Isabelle allows herself one secret pleasure: a long-distance friendship by telephone with an American man, a Washington power broker who travels in the highest circles of politics and who, like Isabelle, is trapped in an empty marriage. To Bill Robinson, Isabelle is a godsend, a woman of extraordinary beauty and intellectual curiosity-a kindred spirit who touches him across the miles with her warmth and gentle empathy. Their relationship is a gift, a lifeline that sustains them both through the heartache of marriages they cannot leave and will not betray. Agreeing to meet for a few precious, innocent days in London, Isabelle and Bill find their friendship changing. Then, amidst the sudden crash of steel against steel, they are thrust onto a new path, a path fraught with pain but also with possibility.

    Now, inside the cool, sterile wards of a London hospital, Isabelle and Bill cling to life, their bodies shattered almost beyond repair. In the days and weeks that follow, they slowly, painfully traverse a road to recovery littered with challenges of the body, spirit, and heart. Together, they must find the strength not only to embrace life again but to face what they have left behind. For Isabell, a loveless marriage turns into a brutal power struggle. For Bill, a time of healing exposes wounds that cut deeper than steel and realities that will test him to his core. For both, a tangle of changing relationships and the tragedy of another loss conspire to separate them once again. And this time they could lose each other forever.

    In a novel that is as compelling as it is compassionate, Danielle Steel weaves a story of courage in the face of unimaginable loss. With the grace of a master storyteller, she explores the strength it takes to conquer our greatest fears, showing us how the toughest choices can yield the most unexpected rewards...and how the longest, most winding journeys can begin with a single kiss.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 2, 2001
    ISBN9781415920817
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    The Kiss
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    Danielle Steel

    Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over 650 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include Property of a Noblewoman, Blue, Precious Gifts, Undercover, Country, Prodigal Son, Pegasus, A Perfect Life, 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; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.

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    • 5/5
      Wonderful book as always. Realistic story, captivating. Held my interest.
    • 1/5
      Two months of confinement and my brain has turned to mush but not enough to enjoy this mind-numbing, completely insipid book. It's basically a bad soap opera in book form: I could have skipped page after page and not missed anything of the flimsy plot which can be summed up in a paragraph. The characters were so colourless I could barely distinguish them from one another. Well, it's done. I can finally say I read a Danielle Steel book. I won't be reading another.
    • 3/5
      Good read. Somewhat like other Steele books. Wife bullied by husband and finds perfect "soul" mate.
    • 3/5
      Long book, interesting characters. Some of it unrealistic to me because it is set in modern day. (Ok, 13 years ago) The main character, Isabella, is far too naive for a French, contemporary woman. He son of 14 is constantly ill, has never been to school and had no friends and they have unlimited funds? What? .............Maybe I am so American I can hardly believe a woman of today could be as blind as she was as to what her husband was up to. This woman's marriage was more like a turn-of- the century type or I'm just misinformed about Western European women. I enjoyed it anyway, just hard to relate to and a little unbelievable.
    • 5/5
      Inhaltsangabe:Ein einziges Ereignis, ein winziger Moment und das Leben von zwei Menschen wird für immer verändert.„Der Kuss“ wird von Isabelle und Bill ausgetauscht und besiegelt nicht nur ihre außergewöhnliche Liebe; in diesem Moment passiert ein tragischer Unfall, wo sie beide fast ihr Leben verlieren. Bill Robinson kann auf eine erfolgreiche Karriere als Polit-Berater zurückblicken, doch sein Privatleben ist ein Scherbenhaufen. Die 30jährige Ehe mit Cynthia hat keinen Bestand mehr und die zwei Töchter sind längst erwachsen.Isabelle Forrester lebt in einem goldenen Käfig. Ihr Mann Gordon behandelt sie wie eine Aussätzige, nur weil sie sich schon seit 14 Jahren um ihren schwerkranken Sohn Teddy kümmert. Sie geht selten aus und gönnt sich kaum etwas. Nur die Telefongrspräche mit Bill geben ihr Mut, Hoffnung und die Kraft, weiter in einer lieblosen Ehe zu leben. Ohne ihren Mann könnte sie freilich nicht finanziell für Teddy aufkommen. Unter einem anderen Vorwand trifft sich Isabelle mit Bill in London, um ein paar unbeschwerte Tage miteinander zu genießen. Erst als Freunde! Doch an ihrem vermeintlich letzten gemeinsamen Abend gesteht Bill ihr seine Liebe und besiegelt dies mit einem Kuß.Als Bill nach dem Unfall aus dem Koma erwacht, weiß er nur eines: Er liebt Isabelle und gibt umgehend seine Ehe mit Cynthia auf. Doch er ist schwer verletzt worden und den Prognosen der Ärzte zu urteilen würde er nie wieder laufen. Isabelle kämpft härter um ihr Leben und nur mit Bills Hilfe kehrt sie unter die Lebenden zurück. Sie trägt keine bleibenden Schäden davon, jedoch muß sie trotz ihrer Liebe zu Bill in ihre freudlose Ehe mit Gordon zurück, denn Teddy kann sie eine Scheidung nicht zumuten.Was wird aus ihrer Liebe? Werden sie letztendlich doch alle Hürden nehmen können?Mein Fazit:Dies ist eine Liebesgeschichte nach meinem Geschmack! Zwar wurde die Freundschaft zwischen den Beiden etwas zu genau beschrieben (einfach zu langatmig), dennoch gab es einige Stellen im Buch, wo ich mit Isabelle gelitten und mit Bill inbrünstig gekämpft habe – mit eigenen kleinen Tränen. Ein echter Danielle Steel! Wärmstens zu empfehlen!!!Anmerkung: Die Rezension stammt aus Mai 2002.
    • 4/5
      I adored this book from the very beginning, as I do all of Danielle Steel's books. She has a way of making you fall in love with Isabelle and Bill's love, and feel sorry for Isabelle because of her own marriage. This book deals a lot with challenges and how to overcome anything that arises in life. I do have to say, Steel repeated herself a lot in this book, and just found different ways to word it.