Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947) is an American writer, best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling author alive and the fourth bestselling fiction author of all time, with over 800 million copies sold. She has written 179 books, including over 146 novels.
Based in California for most of her career, Steel has produced several books a year, often juggling up to five projects at once. Despite "a resounding lack of critical acclaim" (Publishers Weekly), all her novels have been bestsellers, including those issued in hardback. Her formula is fairly consistent, often involving rich families facing a crisis, threatened by dark elements such as prison, fraud, blackmail and suicide. Steel has also published children's fiction and poetry, as well as raising funds for the treatment of mental disorders. Her books have been translated into 43 languages, with 22 adapted for television, including two that have received Golden Globe nominations.
Danielle Steel har skrevet en stærk roman om at bygge sit liv op fra grunden og kæmpe inderligt for at være herre over sin egen skæbne.
Jakob og Emmanuelle er begge overlevende fra koncentrationslejre, og efter at være blevet reddet af amerikanske tropper, lykkes det dem at starte et nyt liv i New York. For ikke at blive adskilt lader de deres venskab udvikle sig til kærlighed og ægteskab, og de sætter sig for at arbejde sig op fra dårligt betalte jobs og Lower East Side.
Mange år senere har Jakob opbygget stor rigdom, og han kan give sin søn, Max, det liv, som han ikke selv havde. Selvom Max gerne vil følge i sin fars fodspor og skabe sin egen succes, bliver han sat på prøve igen og igen. Men for at være et forbillede for sine egne børn, må Max holde ud og kæmpe til det sidste.
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