Answered Prayers

By: Danielle Steel

Narrated by: Ron McLarty

Danielle Steel’s 56th best-selling novel is about family and friendship, about one woman’s struggle to break free from the past - and the man who helps her triumph. And most of all, it is about daring to believe in...Answered Prayers.

On the outside, Faith Madison is the very picture of a sophisticated New Yorker. Slim, blond, stylish, Faith has a life many would envy. Overcoming a childhood marked by tragedy, married to a successful investment banker and having raised two grown daughters, Faith has enjoyed her role as mother and wife, and the good life that emanates from their bustling Manhattan town house. But every step of the way, Faith has carried within her a secret she could divulge to no one. And with it, she has kept an even more painful secret from herself.

For Faith, it is the sudden death of her stepfather - a man who, like her husband, Alex, always remained just beyond her reach - that will touch off a journey of change and revelation. At the funeral, painful memories flood back - and an old friend re-enters Faith’s life. Faith is greeting mourners, when she hears a voice behind her and a single word that brings a quick smile to her face: "Fred". Only one person aside from her older brother, Jack, called her that. Brad Patterson was Jack’s best friend, a long, lanky boy who teased, tormented, and protected Faith when they fancied themselves "The Three Musketeers" as kids. When Jack died years later, Faith and Brad came together again in their common, inconsolable grief, then lost touch once more amid the demands of families and busy lives a continent apart.

Now a lawyer in California, Brad has reentered Faith’s life just 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 school against her husband’s wishes, igniting a barrage of anger and recrimination. Faith’s only solace is the correspondence she has begun with Brad, a man trapped in an empty marriage of his own, a friend she once lost and has found again. Soon emails are flying between them, bridging 3,000 miles, sharing much-needed friendship, support, and laughter. And as these two childhood friends rediscover each other, something extraordinary is beginning to happen. In the safety of their friendship, Brad will find the courage to make a decision he should have made years before. And Faith, too, is changing, beginning to believe in herself - and in her right to grab hold of her dreams. Gathering a strength she never knew she had, Faith is finally ready to face the most painful step of all: of sharing the secret that has long been haunting her, and truly opening up her heart for the first time in her life.

©2002 Danielle Steel (P)2002 Random House Inc., Random House Audio, a Division of Random House Inc.

I loved it!!

I love the way the story unfolds! I love the quiet of the characters! A great read!

sweet love story

narrator was a little hard to get thru but managed. story line kept me hooked. wish the ending had a little more substance.

pieces of my real life

I can't believe how much I am relating to this story right now! Interesting!

Answered Prayers

A love story about two couples who have their differences and how one for each couple find each other after nearly 35 years apart.

Love Story

Loved it! Great but sad storyline. I recommend. A good read and a great ending.

Steel at her best

Just as great the third time I listened to it as it was the first time.

Danielle Steele "Answered Prayers"

Highly recommend this audio book if you are a fan of Danielle Steele! Loved it!

Excellent

Excellent story. Excellent performance. Like watching a movie in your head. Could not stop listening!!!

predictable ending ,from the beginning.

Wasn't a horrible book, however, it was predictable, and repetitive. same struggles throughout, knew how it would end.

awesome

love it listened to it two times. and cryed a lot. I sure you will love the book too.