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Honor Thyself (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) | 
| Author: Danielle Steel
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 231772
Format: Large Print
Media: Paperback
Edition: Lrg
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0739327747
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780739327746
ASIN: 0739327747
Publication Date: February 11, 2008
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Product Description
A world-renowned actress falls victim to a terrifying explosion in Paris—and begins a courageous journey of survival, memory, and self-discovery in Danielle Steel’s mesmerizing new novel.
Carole Barber has come to Paris, with its rain-slick slate roofs and winding streets, to work on her novel—and to find herself after a lifetime in the spotlight. A legend of film and stage, Carole has set a standard of beauty and grace, devoting herself to her family and causes around the world. But on this cool November evening, as her taxi speeds into a tunnel just past the Louvre, a fiery instant of terror shatters hundreds of lives—and leaves Carole alone, unconscious and unidentified in a Paris emergency room.
At the Ritz, they wonder where their famous, incognito guest has gone. From California to London, Carole’s friends and family begin to make inquiries. Then comes a moment of shock as they all realize that Carole is far from home and fighting for her life.
In the days that follow, the paparazzi swarm. A mysterious stranger, a man famous in his own realm, quietly visits the hospital to see the woman he once loved and never forgot. Carole’s two grown children rush to her bedside, waiting and praying—until the miraculous begins to happen.…But as a woman who the whole world knows slowly awakens, she knows nothing of herself. Every detail must be pieced back together—from a childhood in rural Mississippi to the early days of her career, from the unintentional hurt inflicted on her daughter to a fifteen year-old secret love affair that went tragically wrong. But for Carole an extraordinary opportunity has arisen in a life-threatening crisis: a second chance to count her blessings, heal wounded hearts, recapture lost love… and to live a life that will truly honor others—beginning with herself.
A tale of survival and dignity, of small miracles and big surprises, Honor Thyself creates an unforgettable portrait of a public figure whose hopes, fears, and heartbreaks are as real as our own. Her courageous journey inspires us all.
From the Hardcover edition.
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 So-so read, story line similar to many of her other books July 9, 2008
I found the script to be reminiscent of the repetitiveness found in many of her other books. The book could have been easily abridged without the loss of any content. I noted many sentences that were incorrectly structured and/or contained poor grammar.
One of the themes in the book (very wealthy and important woman meets very wealthy and important married man)is recurrent. I find it rather disconcerting that in many of the books I have read, she seems to promote extra-marital relationships as healthy and normal (the fault resting on an unloving spouse, thus justifying the new, blissful relationship). I find it hard to identify with/sympathize with a woman who falls in love with a married man and is hurt when he won't leave his wife for her. I would like to see more books about "ordinary" "boy meets girl" who marry and stay married through sickness, financial difficulties, marriage problems, disasters... the stuff with which most of us can identify.
As a medical professional, I was incredulous with regards to the lack of accuracy in the details surrounding Carol's brain injury and recovery. They are not believable and are technically incorrect, such as the effects of an injury to the brain stem, the process of removing her from the ventilator (not "respirator" as it is referred to in the book), etc. The post-injury recovery time was very abbreviated and unrealistic. Maybe I am being too picky, but when I read books that incorporate medical conditions, I expect the author to do the required research and confer with appropriate medical professionals before including such detail into a book (especially when it is a primary focus).
I do not wish, however, to be totally negative in my review. I like the overall theme of examining one's life and relationships-past and present. I also think that the terrorist element is definitely relevant to this day and time and is something for everyone to contemplate.
 Same old formula June 25, 2008
Same old formula. Beautiful, world known woman meets man, loses man, meets man again only to ride off in to the sunset after a tragic event in her life.
The good news: I didn't buy the book. My sister gave it to me.
The bad news: I read the book.
It's the same, poorly written, repetitious, formula that Steel has used now for years as her writing gets more and more stale with each new offering, but with the money she makes and her multi-million dollar net worth, she probably doesn't care. Her first ten to fifteen books were magical, and then they started to go downhill; swearing, sexual detail, and flamboyance. Personally, I liked her books better when they were purely love stories without all the graphic language and sex, but that's just me.
In this story, Carol Baker, beautiful, world reknown actress decided to chuck Hollywood and travel to Paris, a place she hadn't been since a disasterous love affair with a French diplomat ended poorly. She's intent on writing a book, and on her first night in the City of Lights, she's in a taxi in a tunnel when a car full of young men pass her taxi. One of the young men looks her straight in the eye, and seconds later the tunnel explodes with a terrorist bomb. Carol is ejected from the taxi, and for days, no one knows who she is. In the hospital, she awakes after days, but has total amnesia. Over the next weeks and months, her memory comes back, her former lover comes to visit, and the bomber even tries to kill her in her hospital room. She gets better, her children stop twittering over her well being, her ex-husband goes back to the States, and her best friend and secretary allow her privacy to see her diplomat lover. In the end, Carol goes off in to the sunset, madly in love and all is well with the world.
Disappointed June 20, 2008
Although the story is generally okay, I was very disappointed in the ending. Not that my ending would have been perfect, there was so much lacking in the personality and the demeanor of the man she chose. In addition, the book was written without a lot of the characters' insight, I really didn't get to know the characters as well as I would have liked.
J. A. Fulkerson, Author
For Love of Teddy
Published by PublishAmerica
 An interesting Danielle Steel June 18, 2008
Just when you think it will be the same old same old Steel fools you with some interesting insights.
Another badly written DS novel May 11, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I know I've said that I won't buy or read any more of her novels. But I keep hoping she'll go back to her style from years ago---when she did research on her stories, used good grammar and had a much better style in her writing. Now it's all about repeating the same information over and over again, using very poor grammer, way too many sentences that start with "and" and just very poorly constructed sentences.
However, I have learned to skim thru her books and just scratch the surface of her story. If you do that, it's not a bad story. It does have some intersting story lines---with the terrorist bombing in a Paris tunnel to her amnesia, her "old" heart throb, her children,etc. But you have to skim quickly to avoid all the things that have now marked Ms.Steel as a poor writer.
And to the person who wrote that this is an insight into Hollywood---don't count on it. She did absolutely no research on how this would have happened in the real world. And her main character having amnesia never would have said the things she said as she was "coming out" of her coma. This was not a medically sound story of brain injury patients. Being a nurse gives me the ability to critique that part of her story---and she did not portray a realisic post-traumatic brain injury----not even close.
I do not recommend this book to anyone. I can only hope that Ms. Steele would take the time to read reviews from readers and learn that we're not happy with her new style of writing----and her mass productions of way too many books that are becoming less and less interesting. Perhaps if we stop buying and reading her novels, she'll either retire from writing or go back to her previous novels and re-capture that side of her talent. We can only hope. She was at one time a very talented writer. What happened?
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