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Book Review of Answered Prayers

Answered Prayers
Answered Prayers
Author: Danielle Steel
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance
Book Type: Paperback
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faith Madison has enjoyed the good life as the wife of a successful Manhattan investment banker and mother to two grown daughters. But every step of the way, she has carried within her a secret she could divulge to no one. The sudden death of her stepfather will touch off a journey of change and revelation. aAt the funeral, painful memories flood back and an old friend reenters Faith's life. Brad Patterson was her brother Jack's best friend: a lanky boy who protected Faith when, as kids, they fancied themselves "The Three Musketeers." WWhen Jack died years later, Faith and Brad came together in hteir shared frief, only to lose touch again. Brad has reentered Faith's life as she is making a decision that plunges her marriage into crisis. Determined to fulfill a long held desire for a career of her own, Faith applies to law scholl against her husbands wishes, igniting anger and recirmination. Faith's only solace is her newfound email correspondence with Brad, who is trapped in an empty marriage of his own. As these two childhood friends rediscover each other, Faith and Brad will find the courage to make decisions they should have made years before and Faith will take the most painful step of all-sharing a haunting secret, and opening her heart for the first time in her life.