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The Award: A Novel

door Danielle Steel

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Fiction. Literature. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:Capturing historical events, terrifying moments of danger, tragedy, the price of war, and the invincible spirit of a woman of honor, The Award is a monumental tale from one of our most gifted storytellersā??Danielle Steel's finest, most emotionally resonant novel yet.

Gaƫlle de Barbet is sixteen years old in 1940 when the German army occupies France and frightening changes begin to occur. She is shocked and powerless when French gendarmes take away her closest friend, Rebekah Feldmann, and her family for deportation to an unknown, ominous fate.

The local German military commandant makes Gaƫlle's family estate outside Lyon his headquarters. Her father and brother are killed by the Germans; her mother fades away into madness. Trusted friends and employees become traitors. And Gaƫlle begins a perilous journey with the French Resistance, hoping to save lives to make up for the beloved friend she could do nothing to help.

Taking terrifying risks, Gaƫlle becomes a valuable member of the Resistance, fearlessly delivering Jewish children to safety under the eyes of the Gestapo and their French collaborators. Then she is suddenly approached by the German commandant with an astonishing, dangerous plan to save part of France's artistic heritage. Conducted in secret and flawlessly carried out, her missions will mark her for years, when she is falsely accused of collaboration at the end of the war. Orphaned and alone, she begins a new life in Paris, with the ghosts of the past always close at hand.

Gaƫlle's life will take her from Paris to New York, from a career as a Dior model to marriage and motherhood, unbearable loss, and mature, lasting love. She returns to Paris to run a small museum, honoring victims of the Holocaust. But her label as a collaborator remains, until her granddaughter, a respected political journalist, ensures that her grandmother's brave acts are recognized. Now a grateful nation will finally absolve this remarkable woman and honor her as the war hero she was.
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I really enjoyed this book. Once I started reading, couldn't put it down until I finished; ( )
  soosthemoose | Mar 16, 2021 |
Oh wow! This is a great novel! I have a love/hate relationship with WWII. So many good books, but so much grief and loss. I love strong women like Gaelle. Despite all the hardships she faced, she kept plodding onward. I'm not sure I could have risen from the ashes of war like that. She went on to find love and even then endured loss, several times over. But still, she remained true to herself. Her daughter, Dominique, is a piece of work. Her attitude is both appalling and astounding. I honestly have no idea how anyone as wonderful as Gaelle could just put up with that kind of attitude day in and day out. I would have sent Dominique to a teenage boot camp for a serious attitude adjustment!

This is a book that is worth reading and re-reading. Clear your weekend! ( )
  caslater83 | Jun 2, 2019 |
I think this was the first book of Steel's that I have ever read. It was chosen for our book club book. I did enjoy it and I liked how it started in the present and then went back to tell the story to the present. It was a story of perseverance on the part of the granddaughter . She worked and worked and worked to get her French grandmother the recognition she so richly deserved. The grandmother saved many children from the Nazis, but then after the war was declared a traitor by her own countrymen who just didn't have the entire story. Well written. ( )
  travelgal | Apr 23, 2019 |
The various parts of this book were very good. They just didn't fit together very well. And suddenly Steel realized that she had to fit the introduction with the body of the book and only had a few pages to get through decades. ( )
  MarthaJeanne | Jun 2, 2018 |
The award by Danielle Steel
Enjoy the author's works and know I will enjoy this one.
Starts out Giella and she's about to get the award. Chapters go back to when she was 16.
Rebecca came from Germany, Giella's best friend. The Jews are being forced from their homes.
One day she sees them take Rebecca's family and throw them into a truck and they disappeared. She tracks them down and visits and is able to talk to Rebecca and even gives her a coat with promises to come the next day.
She visits through Christmas and for many months later always bringing foods and clothes for the family.
Story tells what she had to do to survive and she ends up in the fashion industry.
Love hearing of the model world, travel, the art world and the places she visits. Tragedies and there are happy times also from both sides of the ocean.
Really enjoyed this book and glad she went on with her life but went back to her past endeavors... Didn't like that the author didn't spend as much time devoted to all of her children...
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). ( )
  jbarr5 | Jun 26, 2017 |
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Fiction. Literature. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:Capturing historical events, terrifying moments of danger, tragedy, the price of war, and the invincible spirit of a woman of honor, The Award is a monumental tale from one of our most gifted storytellersā??Danielle Steel's finest, most emotionally resonant novel yet.

Gaƫlle de Barbet is sixteen years old in 1940 when the German army occupies France and frightening changes begin to occur. She is shocked and powerless when French gendarmes take away her closest friend, Rebekah Feldmann, and her family for deportation to an unknown, ominous fate.

The local German military commandant makes Gaƫlle's family estate outside Lyon his headquarters. Her father and brother are killed by the Germans; her mother fades away into madness. Trusted friends and employees become traitors. And Gaƫlle begins a perilous journey with the French Resistance, hoping to save lives to make up for the beloved friend she could do nothing to help.

Taking terrifying risks, Gaƫlle becomes a valuable member of the Resistance, fearlessly delivering Jewish children to safety under the eyes of the Gestapo and their French collaborators. Then she is suddenly approached by the German commandant with an astonishing, dangerous plan to save part of France's artistic heritage. Conducted in secret and flawlessly carried out, her missions will mark her for years, when she is falsely accused of collaboration at the end of the war. Orphaned and alone, she begins a new life in Paris, with the ghosts of the past always close at hand.

Gaƫlle's life will take her from Paris to New York, from a career as a Dior model to marriage and motherhood, unbearable loss, and mature, lasting love. She returns to Paris to run a small museum, honoring victims of the Holocaust. But her label as a collaborator remains, until her granddaughter, a respected political journalist, ensures that her grandmother's brave acts are recognized. Now a grateful nation will finally absolve this remarkable woman and honor her as the war hero she was.
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