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In His Father's Footsteps
In His Father's Footsteps
In His Father's Footsteps
Audiobook9 hours

In His Father's Footsteps

Written by Danielle Steel

Narrated by Dan John Miller

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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In this powerful novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel tells the story of two World War II concentration camp survivors, the life they build together, and the son who faces struggles of his own as a first generation American determined to be his own person and achieve success. Moving from the ashes of postwar Europe to the Lower East Side of New York to wealth, success and unlimited luxury, In His Father's Footsteps is a stirring tale of three generations of strong, courageous and loving people who pay their dues to achieve their goals
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 4, 2018
ISBN9781980000129
In His Father's Footsteps
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Danielle Steel

Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over 650 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include Property of a Noblewoman, Blue, Precious Gifts, Undercover, Country, Prodigal Son, Pegasus, A Perfect Life, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    An enjoyable book about a father who finally figured out what was most important.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    I love World War 2 books. The strength of the characters in this book is noteworthy. Danielle has such a gift for bringing that out in each of her books.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    In His Father’s Footsteps by Danielle Steel takes us back to April 1945. Emmanuelle Berger and Jakob Stein are in Buchenwald when U.S. troops liberate the camp. Jakob had been in the concentration camp for five years and his entire family was exterminated. Emmanuelle was near death when the soldiers arrived. To avoid separation, the pair marry and relocate to America with the help from a sponsor. They work hard at labor intensive jobs and live in a small, dingy apartment on the Lower East Side. One day, Jakob meets Israel “Izzy” Horowitz, a diamond dealer, who offers him a job. Jakob learns the business quickly and is soon Izzy’s right hand man. As Jakob makes more money, he invests it into real estate. Jakob and Emmanuelle have a son, Max who they dote upon. Max attends the best schools with the determination that he will never struggle for money. Instead of following in his father’s footsteps after graduating from Harvard, Max wants to make his own way in the business world. He marries Julie Morgan at a lavish society wedding and installs her in a luxurious home with a large staff. Max is a successful business with a beautiful wife, extravagant home and children. However, he feels that he cannot have enough money and is constantly at work rarely seeing his wife and children. A tragedy makes Max see that he has a failing marriage and is setting a poor example for his children. While Max achieved the American dream, he neglected the basic lessons his father taught him. Can Max turn his life around? In His Father’s Footsteps is a well-written and engaging story. It is an emotional novel that takes us from horrific Buchenwald to the lavish Upper East Side. We follow our characters as they set out to achieve the American dream of becoming successful and having a family. Can you imagine living through the horrors of a concentration camp? It will indelibly leave its mark on a person as we see in this book. I could feel the characters emotions and struggles. The choices the characters made was based on their experiences. I thought the author captured the time period and the various settings. I admit that I enjoyed Emmanuelle and Jakob’s story better than Max’s. Max, though, was raised differently which caused him to make decisions that we may not like (or agree with) but were understandable. I appreciated the epilogue which nicely wraps up the book (we would expect no less from Danielle Steel). While there is some predictability to the story, it did not hinder my reading pleasure. I have been reading Danielle Steel’s books since I was twelve years old and I never get tired of reading her novels. I am giving In His Father’s Footsteps 4 out of 5 stars (I liked it).
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    In his father's footsteps by Steel_ DanielleStory starts with Max but goes back in time to his parents. They had met at the concentration camps where they worked near the morgue.Lots of tragedy and they are relieved when US troops come in and drive bad soldiers out of there. They have options and decide to marry-to keep together as they are totally alone in the world.In NY they are given a small room where they will work for the mill owners-Emma as a seamstress and Jakob as a janitor. After she finds herself with child he decides to get another job and approaches a jeweler and tells him his story. Izzy is a jewel himself, love what he does for the family.They make good choices through hard struggles and he learns the jewelry business, makes great investment choices and becomes very rich. With the help of their son, Max we find out about his travel around the world and then settles into investment property.Medical issues take the parents and Max feels separated from his wife after having traveled with business over the years-he doesn't even know his own kids. His wife, pregnant knows she was not a good mother and the littlest girl was listening...Hate hearing of her extra martial affair and what it could mean to the other children, never mind her husband...Like how Max realizes that the past and family life are the most important thing in life and he instills that onto his children.I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).