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The House on Hope Street - Audio Cassette - Unabridged Author:Joseph Siviro (Narrator), Danielle Steel Life was good for Liz and Jack Sutherland. In 18 years of marriage, they had built a family, a successful law practice, and a warm, happy home near San Francisco, in a house on Hope Street. Then, in an instant, it all fell apart. It began like any other Christmas morning, with joy and children's laughter. But for Jack Sutherland, a five-minute e... more »rrand ends in tragedy. And suddenly, Liz is alone, facing painful questions in the wake of an unbearable loss.
How can she go on without her husband, her partner, her best friend? How can she grieve when she must console five devastated children, including one with special needs of his own? Powered by her children's love, Liz finds the strength to return to work, to become both mother and 'daddy', coaching her youngest son for the Special Olympics. And one by one the holidays come and go before her eyes: Valentine's Day without flowers and without Jack... Easter... July 4th... Then, just weeks before Labor Day, a devastating accident sends her oldest son to the hospital -- and brings a doctor named Bill Webster into her life. Bill becomes a friend to Liz as he slowly heals her shattered son.
And as long as the days of summer blend into fall, a new relationship offers new hope, and Liz reflects on what she has, on what she's lost, on the little blessings that give strength when nothing else is left. Then, with the first anniversary of her husband's death approaching, and with it another Christmas in the house on Hope Street, Liz will face one more crisis before she can look back at a year of mourning and change-and ahead to the beginning of a new life.
I haven't actually listened to this book but this is a brief synopsis of what it is about (taken from the info on the package itself).
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This is Danielle Steel's 49th bestselling novel. This is about the Sutherlands who after 18 years of marriage have built a family, a successful law practice and a warm, happy home near San Fransico, in a house on Hope Street. In an instant, it all falls apart. On Christmas morning a five-minute errand for Jack Sutherland ends in tragedy, leaving his wife Liz alone, with 5 devastated children (including one with special needs), facing painful questions in the wake of an unbearable loss.