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Child's Play
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
The lessons our children teach us are the hardest ones. What do we do when our children don't pursue our hopes for them? In this riveting new novel, Danielle Steel explores how families can evolve and grow in unexpected ways.
A senior partner at a prestigious New York law firm, Kate Morgan couldn't be prouder of her three grown children. Tamara, Anthony, and Claire all went to great schools, chose wonderful career paths, and would have made their father proud. A single mother for years after the death of her husband, Kate keeps a tight rein on her family, her career, and even her own emotions, never once asking herself if she truly knows her children...or if her hopes for them are the right ones, and what they want. She is about to find out.
During one hectic summer in Manhattan, Kate's world turns upside down. One child has been keeping an astonishing secret while another confesses to an equally shocking truth. A wonderful match and picture-book wedding are traded for a relationship that shakes her to her core. A totally inappropriate love affair and an out-of-wedlock baby complete the chaos. Challenged as a mother and as a successful independent woman herself, Kate struggles to keep up with a dizzying and escalating chain of events, and begins to realize that she has a part to play in the chaos. Because Kate too has kept secrets from her children.
Sometimes the surprising choices our children make are the right ones...better than what we wanted for them. More often than not, parenting is about letting go of our dreams and embracing theirs.
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- Lenkar
- 22-04-21
good
good book but I wish it was longer and details at the end expanded upon
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- Joyce
- 09-02-20
Bedtime Reading
Another very enjoyable listen to Danielle Steele, always can be relied upon for pure enjoyment.
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- Carrie Earl
- 14-06-20
As usual brilliant
Loved it, danielle does it yet again, always enjoy her books, roll on the next one
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- Joan
- 20-10-19
One of her recent best....
I really enjoyed this one. I listen to every DS book as it is published and she’s been even more prolific lately. Child’s Play is my favourite of the last dozen, Danielle Steel at her best and well worth a listen. Dan John Miller does an excellent narrating job as usual, and the plot is DS old school, well crafted, interesting and beautifully written. I absolutely loved it. I’ve had my feel good fix now, and the characters will stay with me for a while.
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-03-20
Typical, lovely Danielle book
another great book, well written and read.
great loveable characters and i was sad when it finished (although happy ending of course)
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- JasTiV
- 25-09-20
Beautifully written and read
it had a nice flow. Not my favourite DS novel, but it was OK
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- Paula Puddephatt
- 30-12-23
Enjoyable book
Entertaining and fun. I have always enjoyed Danielle's novels, and this one is a great family story.
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- not so angry dad
- 09-08-22
Mediocre
Being a waning Danielle Steele fan. I was fed up of all the wealthy beautiful people. I’ve read ‘lots’ of her books & the good stories..& I mean great stories kept me going back to her books. So on a whim I tried ‘Echo’s’. First one in audible. It was fab & the narrator was very apt. However…this one was not so great & sadly his narration detracted from the story for me. It was…a bit like bad acting so I’m afraid it’s a ‘no’ from me on this one.
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