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Granny Dan
Granny Dan
Author: Danielle Steel
In my eyes she had always been old, always been mine, always been Granny Dan. But in another time, another place, there had been dancing, people, laughter, love. . . . She had had another life before she came to us, long before she came to me. . . . — She was the cherished grandmother who sang songs in Russian, loved to roller-skate, and spoke li...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780739404072
ISBN-10: 0739404075
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3.6 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Doubleday Direct
Book Type: Hardcover
Large Print: Yes
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 7
This has to be one of my all time favorite books by Danielle Steel!! Bittersweet and touching. Need tissue for this book :)
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Helpful Score: 6
For over a decade, young Danina Petroskova has known no life but that of the ballet and her mentor Madame Markova. When a deathly illness steals her from the stage, the young dancer is inconsolable, and, desperate to speed her recovery, Madame Markova agrees to hand Danina over to the talented Dr. Nikolai Obrajensky for treatment. Convalescing with the Romanovs at the Tsarskoe Selo palace, Danina learns to live in and love the world beyond the ballet. And while grateful for Nikolai's companionship, she is startled by the intense emotions growing inside her for the married doctor. Drawn to Danina, Nikolai cannot ignore the passion between them either, and the strength of their love quickly overpowers their resistance. Soon Madame Markova and Nikolai's wife remind them of their previous obligations, and as the Revolution hovers on the horizon, the two must make a decision that will change their lives forever.
As if a romance set in the twilight years of czarist Russia doesn't have enough intrinsic pathos, Danielle Steel takes great care to give her hero and heroine the bittersweet combination of incomparable virtue and external duties. When the young prima ballerina and the married doctor meet, they are drawn to the corresponding sense of integrity and duty in each other. However, when love and duty conflict, the struggle is never easy.

Maestro Steel knows where the heartstrings are, and she plays them with her reliable talents. While students of history may cringe at the simplified approach to the historical period, readers just looking for a good time have found it. With the tough-but-loving mother figure, the ill-but-lovable Prince Alexander, the borrowed ball gowns, and the emotional grand jeté, this book has everything a TV movie needs except a small, cuddly pet. Put your feet up, set aside your spoilsport logic, and enjoy this novel for what it is: a classic romance.
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Helpful Score: 4
the author did really well on this book and made you feel as if you were traveling around the world with the character and watching her perform in her ballet recitals.
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Helpful Score: 4
I really enjoyed this book. I don't usually read Danielle Steel, but found this to be very touching. This was a quick read, only taking a couple of hours to get through the entire book. I would try reading other Danielle Steel books after reading this one!
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Helpful Score: 4
Fantastic book! Absolutely lovely, touching and thought provoking. It makes you realize how little we know about our grandparents or even parents lives before we knew them.
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Really good story about a granddaughter and her Granny.,
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Very Strange book
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I loved this book. Could not stop reading it.
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A real story of the heart!
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One great story! Short read but very good!
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Excellent listening. Very nostalgic. Loved it.