One Day At A Time: A Novel

The Story

Danielle Steel celebrates families of every stripe in her compelling novelùa tale of three very different couples who struggle and survive, love, laugh, and learn to take life . . .ááCoco Barrington was born into a legendary Hollywood family. Her mother, Florence, is a mega-bestselling author. Her sister, Jane, is one of HollywoodÆs top producers and has lived with her partner, Liz, for ten years in a solid, loving relationship. Florence, widowed but still radiant, has just begun a secret romance with a man twenty-four years her junior. But Coco, a law-school dropout and the family black sheep, works as a dog walker, having fled life in the spotlight for an artsy Northern California beach town.When Coco reluctantly agrees to house-sit for Jane, she discovers an unexpected houseguest: Leslie Baxter, a dashing but down-to-earth British actor whoÆs fleeing a psycho ex-girlfriend. Their worlds couldnÆt be more different. The attraction couldnÆt be more immediate. And as Coco contemplates a future with one of HollywoodÆs hottest stars, as her mother and sister settle into their lives, old wounds are healed and new families are formedùsome traditional, some not so traditional, but all bonded by love.With wit and intelligence, Danielle SteelÆs novel explores love in all its guises, taking us into the lives of three unusual but wonderfully real couples. Funny, sexy, and wise, One Day at a Time is at once moving, thought-provoking, and utterly impossible to put down.á