Danielle Steele - A Good Woman

This is the first Danielle Steele’s novel that I read a while ago. I bought it because it was on sale that day :-). The moment I read the first paragraph, I was hooked! I can’t stop! I kept on flipping the pages. I’ve never in my life thought that I would be addicted to novels. Hahaha. I guess I was wrong.

For me, the main character in this novel is not only a good woman, she’s also very strong and she knows what she wants to do with her life. Self sufficient is probably the correct description for her.

Annabelle was raised in a high class family. She had everything. One day, everything was taken away from her and she’s left just by herself. At the beginning she was a bit lost and confused, she was only a very young girl after all. A hero rose to the occasion and seems to save her from all of her problem. This turned out to be a temporary solution that leads to a bigger problem. She eventually escaped the respectable society and jumped into the medical world during war. To her surprise, she actually found what she was looking for. She had found and lived her dream.

Until one day, a tragedy stroke, in a beaten and sad world of war, she was raped by an unknown soldier. The violence and the tragedy, ironically, brought her a new friend for life, a child that she decided to keep. Life went on and she had become one of a few women who practised medicine at that time. That is definitely something to be proud of. Intelligence, hard work and persistence are the main components here. In the world dominated by men at that time, she managed to challenge it all and had proven that she can do it.

To my amazement, this novel didn’t end with Annabelle finding her true love. Well, I guess, she had her true love, her daughter. This actually made me think that maybe not everyone is destined to have a partner for life. Maybe some of us are to be alone. Look around us, how many single mother and single father do you know? In America, almost 40% of marriages end in divorce. People are lonelier than ever ALL over the world, despite all the fuss about high tech communication via internet, high tech gadgets, etc. Where are we heading? What can we do about it?

I remember a few years ago, I was having a hard time, I was thinking a lot and feeling very down. I think my face must have crumpled so bad that afternoon when I walked home that a lady standing next to me on the crossing actually touch my shoulder and she actually said to me that I don’t need to worry, everything’s going to be just fine. I was utterly shocked and touched by that. I really thought she was an angel! Hahaha… anyway, all my worry and sadness disappeared after that. The Divine Power does works in a mysterious way, isn’t it?

I would like to close this post by encouraging you all my reader, to reach out. Reach out to your friends and families, even long lost friends. And remember to smile to people you meet on the street. You never know when your smile can ease someone’s pain. :-)

-secret vixen-