Then a young priest comes into her life.įather Joe Connors never questioned his vocation until Gabriella entered the confessional and shared her soul. Amid the quiet safety and hushed rituals of the nuns, Gabriella grows into womanhood in a safe, peaceful world. There, Gabriella’s battered body and soul begin to mend. And when her parents’ marriage collapses, Gabriella is given her first reprieve, as her father disappears, and then her mother abandons her to a convent. Only writing can dull the pain of her lonely world. Gabriella knows that, try as she might, there is no safe place for her to hide.Įven as a child, her only escape is through the stories she writes. Her parents’ aristocratic world is no safeguard against the abuse that knows no boundaries, respects no person, no economic lines. Her world is a confusing blend of terror, betrayal, and pain. Gabriella already knows to hide her bruises, certain she is to blame for her mother’s rage–and her father’s failure to protect her. Later, she waits for the click, click, click of her mother’s high heels, the angry words, and the pain that will follow.
At seven, she knows she is an intruder in her parents’ party, in her parents’ life. Bestselling novelist Danielle Steel takes us on a harrowing journey into the heart of America’s hidden shame in a novel that explores the power of forgiveness, the dark side of childhood, and one woman’s unbreakable spirit.įrom her secret perch at the top of the stairs, Gabriella Harrison watches the guests arrive at her parents’ lavish Manhattan townhouse.
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