Legacy

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.