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Legacy

a novel
Pages
326
Published
2010
Language
English

Synopsis

Danielle Steel's Legacy braids two stories across centuries. In the present day, Brigitte, an academic writer, finds her life upended after she loses her job and her long relationship ends. Adrift, she is drawn into researching her family's genealogy at her mother's urging.

Her search turns up Wachiwi, a courageous Sioux woman of the eighteenth century whose life took an extraordinary turn. The novel alternates between Brigitte's modern quest to trace her ancestry and Wachiwi's own historical narrative.

Both women, separated by centuries, are asked to find courage in the face of the unknown.

About the author

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Danielle Steel

Danielle Steel — born Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel on 14 August 1947 in New York City — is an American novelist, best known for her best-selling romance fiction. The only child of John Schuelein-Steel and Norma da Câmara Stone dos Reis, she was raised in Paris and New York after her parents divorced, graduated from the Lycée Français at fifteen, and went on to study at the Parsons School of Design and New York University. Her first novel, Going Home, was published in 1973. As of...

Characters

BrigitteProtagonist

Academic writer who researches her genealogy after losing her job and her relationship.

WachiwiProtagonist

Eighteenth-century Sioux woman and Brigitte's ancestor.

All characters in Legacy

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