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Act of Will
Act of Will
Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford
Set in the Yorkshire Dales, London, Paris and New York, amid the glittering worlds of art and haute couture, Act of Will takes the reader from 1926 to the present through the extraordinary odyssey of its heroines. There is Audra Kenton, a hospital nurse and later a children's nanny, for whom the years hold tormenting poverty and pain. Yet throug...  more »
ISBN: 83454
Pages: 343
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Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Inc.
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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This book is about a family in the fashion design business and how their lives affect the business. It is very interesting and keeps you in suspense. It is also a love story.
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Moving from 1926 to the present, from the Yorkshire Dales to London, Paris, and New York, here is a deeply personal story of love, power and commitment. The triumphant drama of three generations of remarkable women, each of whom commits an act of will that boldly changes her life and her world.
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great read
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Barbara Taylor Bradford is excellent as always.
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This is Act of Will by Barbara Taylor Bradford.
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Very much a Woman's story. Good read
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Barbara Taylor Bradford, who has earned herself a place in the hearts of millions with her phenomenal bestsellers A Woman of Substance, Hold the Dream, and To Be the Best, now brings us the equally enthralling and truly masterful story of three generations of women...and the choices they make.

Audra's story, begun in 1926 England, is one of struggle. After the great passion of her marriage is replaced by tragedy, she vows to give her precious daughter Christina the world. Repaying the benefits of her mother's iron-willed promise, Christina rises to the top of the fashion industry as the head of her own business empire in New York. But in the most fateful decision of her life, she sacrifices her real dream in the name of love. With her daughter Kyle, the story comes full circle. Will her mother's dream be Kyle's own? Or will she tear the family apart with a single, momentous decision of her own?

As powerful and personal a tale as any Barbara Taylor Bradford has ever written, this is a wonderfully involving and sweeping novel of three remarkable women, each committing an act of will that will define their lives forever.

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