Winners
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4.4 • 53 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
In the picturesque mountains of Squaw Valley, Colorado, a girl’s dreams are about to be shattered.
At just seventeen, Lily Thomas is already a ski champion training for the Olympics, her heart set on winning the gold. But in one moment, Lily’s future is changed forever – her hopes for Olympic triumph swept away in a tragic accident.
Her father, Bill, refuses to accept Lily’s fate, while her neurosurgeon, Dr Jessie Matthews, is adamant that all hope is not lost. But when Jessie endures a tragedy of her own, her spirit is truly tested.
Then Bill decides to build a rehab facility for his daughter and transforms countless other lives too. But will courage and kindness be enough to make winners of them all?
An inspirational story of courage and triumph from one of the world's greatest storytellers. A perfect read for fans of Susan Lewis, Jodi Picoult and Penny Vincenzi.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Steel's latest (after First Sight), Olympian hopeful Lily Thomas is injured in a freak ski-lift accident while on vacation in Squaw Valley. Her father, business tycoon Bill Thomas, refuses to accept that his talented daughter, on her way to the Ivy League, will never again walk let alone ski. He blames Lily's neurosurgeon, Jessie Matthews, for missing something and vows to go to the best specialists until he finds his miracle. Jessie understands how Bill feels, as she is forced to face new parenting challenges of her own when her husband is killed in a car crash the same night as Lily's accident, leaving Jessie alone to care for her four children. Although Jessie and Bill start out as adversaries, they quickly become partners in Lily's treatment and, as Bill plows ahead with his plans for a state-of-the-art rehab facility for kids, they become colleagues. Steel skillfully weaves the strands of the Matthews and Thomas families together in a layered story about loneliness and companionship that is marred only by stilted prose. Lily may be the patient, but all the adults are struggling with loneliness and the desire to feel important, needed, and relevant. Together, they discover friendship, loyalty, and new dreams.
Customer Reviews
Winners
This out of all of Danielle's books that I have read is one of the most enjoyable to have read. They just keep getting better with every one of them that she writes.
Winners
Another compelling read. Have read every book Danielle Steel has written and still enjoy each one as much as the first. Keep them coming, I'd be lost without one to read.
Winners
What a great story, it had everything, I could not put it down.
It would make a great movie.
Des, Helena Valley, Western Australia.