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The Ghost | 
 enlarge | Author: Danielle Steel
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  122 reviews
Sales Rank: 588956
Format: Large Print
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Lrg
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 592
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.8 x 1.5
ISBN: 0385319827
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780385319829
ASIN: 0385319827
Publication Date: November 5, 1997
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Amazon.com Review
Architect Charles Waterston has a job he loves, a charming and beautiful wife, and an idyllic life in London.But when everything comes crashing down around him--his wife leaving him for another man and his sudden transfer back to the New York home office--Charles takes a well-deserved ski vacation in Vermont. When an unexpected snowstorm strands Charles in a small town, he takes refuge in a small bed-and-breakfast. The proprietor, an elderly widow, also owns a family home in the woods, which Charles decides to rent. Soon after moving in, Charles senses a ghostly presence. While investigating in the attic one day, Charles discovers the diary of Sarah Ferguson, who left her abusive husband in England for a better life in the New World. Charles soon finds himself drawn to Sarah, and he even visits the local historical society in an attempt to learn more about her. There he meets lovely, timid Francesca Vironnet, the historical society curator and librarian, who has fled France with her young daughter. Through Sarah's journals and Francesca's kindness, Charles is able to heal his heart and learn to love again. Complete with Steel's trademark poignancy but minus the glitz and glamour so evident in many of her novels, The Ghost is an outstanding read. --Maudeen Wachsmith
Product Description
With a wife he loves and an exciting London-based career, architect Charles Waterston's life seems in perfect balance. Nothing prepares him for the sudden end to his ten-year marriage-or his unwanted transfer to his firm's New York office.
Christmas is approaching when Charlie leaves New York, heading to Vermont to ski. But a sudden snowstorm strands him in a small Massachusetts town. There Charlie meets an elderly widow who offers to rent him her exquisite lakeside chateau. Hidden deep in the woods, it once belonged to a woman who lived there two centuries before named Sarah Ferguson. And from the moment Charlie sets foot inside the chateau, he feels her presence.
When Charlie first glimpses her, a beautiful young woman with jet-black hair, he thinks it is a neighbor playing a joke. Until he finds her diaries hidden away in an old trunk. As he begins to turn the brittle, dusty pages, the spirit of Sarah Ferguson seems to fill his life. Sarah's first entry is dated 1789 as she writes of her harrowing journey from her native England, having fled the brutality of her aristocratic husband. Settling in Massachusetts, Sarah finds an unfamiliar land seething with the turbulence of the Indian wars. As she builds her home in the wilderness and meets a man who will transform her life, Sarah finds freedom from the torment of her past. His name is Francois de Pellerin, a French nobleman adopted by Indians and drawn into the battle for the growing nation. Their fateful union is a testament to a love so powerful it reaches across the centuries. And for Charlie Waterston, their story gives him the courage to let go of his past, and the freedom to grasp a future that is right before his eyes.
In The Ghost, Danielle Steel brilliantly interweaves past and present, bringing to life two stories, centuries apart, in a timeless novel of courage, healing, and love.
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 Recommended For Danielle Steel Fans - Probably Not For Anyone Else October 17, 2008
This book was a little off-beat for Danielle Steel, and involves a lonely man, a female ghost in his rented cabin, and the real-life woman who changes his life.
This is very light and enjoyable popcorn reading, good if you have a few hours to waste. Unique to this book is the fact that it's written entirely from the perspective of a male character, instead of Steel's customary female heroines.
 Interruptions December 6, 2007
Was this book edited?! Too many run on sentences for me, I could barely follow the story because I was so blown away by the errors. The amount of sentences that began with AND or BUT were too many for me, it was distracting. This is the first D.S. book I've read and I would like to read more but if this the case all of the time, I'll pass.
 A Lesson of Perseverance April 5, 2007
The ghost of Sarah Furguson appears in this inspirational story of hope. Of course no Danielle Steele book is complete without a beautiful romance too.
The Ghost March 26, 2007
Danielle Steel writes an interesting novel that flips between the past and present and teaches an important message of hope and healing. Charlie Waterston has recently gone through a divorce that has totally devastated him and he needs encouragement. After he loses his job in the New York office, he meets an elderly widow on his way to Vermont who is full of life and vitality. She teaches him the meaning of living life to the fullest despite life's hard knocks. She allows him to stay at her old Chateau where he can spend time alone contemplating. Here the ghost of Sarah Ferguson appears to him with more of life's lessons. Charlie then finds Sarah's detailed diaries in the attic and a beautiful love story unfolds that gives Charlie the hope that he can go on.
What A Great Read! January 18, 2006
I just finished this book and OMG, I LOVED it. What great stories. I loved reading about Francois and Sarah, their story is so heartwarming and inspiring. Like Charlie said while reading the journals, they almost became real to me. I HIGHLY recommend this book to all.
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