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A perfect life / Danielle Steel.

Steel, Danielle. (Author).

Summary:

"A heartwarming and inspirational story about a mother and daughter who are brought together in the wake of a terrible tragedy and forced to re-evaluate everything they thought they knew to achieve the happiness and the future they deserve. Blaise McCarthy is the most famous anchor on morning prime time news and a legend in her field. But in order to rise to the top, she had to make one of the most difficult decisions of her life - to place her blind daughter, Salima, in a year-round boarding school. When tragedy strikes, Salima is forced to move into Blaise's apartment, where her surroundings are unfamiliar and even the most menial of tasks seems impossible." -- Provided by the Publisher.
The epitome of intelligence, high-powered energy, and grace, Blaise McCarthy is an icon in the world of television news, asking the tough questions and taking on the emotionally charged issues of world affairs and politics with courage and insight. A single mother, she manages her well-ordered career meticulously, always prepared on the air or interviewing world-renowned figures and heads of state. To her audience, Blaise seems to have it all. But privately, and off the set, there is another untold story she has kept hidden for years. Blaise’s teenage daughter, Salima, was blinded by Type 1 diabetes in childhood, and her needs have kept her away in a year-round boarding school with full-time medical care and assistance ever since. When Salima’s school closes after a tragedy, Salima returns to her mother’s New York City apartment, and suddenly they face challenges they’ve never had to deal with before, and that Blaise feels ill-equipped to handle. A new caretaker provided by Salima’s school creates as many problems as he solves. Handsome, accomplished, thirty-two-year-old Simon Ward, with strong opinions on every topic, questions how mother and daughter view themselves and each other. Simon opens new doors for both of them and refuses to accept Salima’s physical limitations. He turns their world upside down, and the three become friends. Then everything starts to unravel and Blaise can’t keep her two worlds separate anymore. A beautiful young anchorwoman is hired at the network; it is no secret that she is being groomed to take Blaise’s place. Her career as she has known it is threatened, and her previously well-ordered life feels totally out of control. For the first time, Blaise’s life is not perfect, but real.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780345530943 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780345530950 (pbk.) :
  • Physical Description: 306 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press ; 2014.
Subject: Male-Female Friendship > Fiction
Male-Female Romance > Fiction
Secrets > Fiction
Diabetes > Fiction
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Blindness Fiction.
Teenage girls > Fiction.
Genre: Love stories.

Available copies

  • 21 of 22 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kitimat Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 22 total copies.
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Kitimat Public Library Ste (Text) 32665001978156 Fiction Volume hold Available -
100 Mile House Branch PB STE (Text) 33923005538743 General Fiction Volume hold Available -
Anahim Lake Branch PB STE (Text) 33923005534106 General Fiction Volume hold Available -
Burns Lake Public Library AF STE (Text) 35198000546045 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library FIC STE (Text) 35146001881739 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fernie Heritage Library FIC STE (Text) 35136000442823 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Forest Grove Branch PB STE (Text) 33923005534130 General Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fort Nelson Public Library FIC STE (Text) 35246000819076 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fort St. James Public Library STE (Text) 35196000211776 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Gibsons Public Library FIC STEE (Text) 30886000562146 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -


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