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Coming Out

By: Danielle Steel
Narrated by: David Garrison
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Olympia Crawford Rubinstein has a busy legal career, a solid marriage, and a way of managing her thriving family with grace, humor, and boundless energy. With twin daughters finishing high school, a son at Dartmouth, and a kindergartner from her second marriage, there seems to be no challenge to which Olympia cannot rise. Until one sunny day in May, when she opens an invitation for her daughters to attend the most exclusive coming-out ball in New York and chaos erupts all around her. One twin's excitement is balanced by the other's outrage; her previous husband's profound snobbism is in sharp contrast to her current husband's flat refusal to attend.

For Olympia's husband, Harry, whose parents survived the Holocaust, the idea of a blue-blood debutante ball is abhorrent. Her daughter Veronica, a natural-born rebel, agrees, while Veronica's identical twin, Virginia, is already shopping for the perfect dress. Then there's Olympia's ex, an insufferable snob, who sees the ball as the perfect opportunity for a family feud. And amid all the hubbub, Olympia's college-age son, Charlie, is facing a turning point in his life, and may need his mother more than ever. But despite it all, Olympia is determined to steer her family through the event until, just days before the cotillion, things begin to unravel with alarming speed.

From a son's crisis to a daughter's heartbreak, from a case of the chicken pox to a political debate raging in her household, Olympia is on the verge of surrender. And that is when, in a series of startling choices and changes of heart, family, friends, and even a blue-haired teenager all find a way to turn a night of calamity into an evening of magic. As old wounds are healed, barriers are shattered, and new traditions are born, a debutante ball becomes a catalyst for change, revelation, acceptance, and love.

©2006 Danielle Steel (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Sagas Women's Fiction Marriage Heartfelt Witty

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"Steel sticks to what she knows best." (Booklist)
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Danielle Steel is great! Liked this book like all the others.

Wonderful

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A good quick story to pass the time. It's not the most dynamic story but it's light-hearted and nice

Good and Quick

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I don’t know why this book received such low stars but it tickled my fancy and made me laugh

Made me laugh… Great thing to do right now

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I have listened to this story several times. The narrator was easy to listen to and the story was timeless.

Highly Recommend

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I did enjoy the story,very interesting. My critique is that I could of done without the cursing. Didnt think it was needed.

Coming Out

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fantastic fast moving story she never disapoints can't wait to purchase another one of her books on audible

Another great book by Danielle S!teel

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I've read many of her novels and she didn't let me down this time either..

Awesome novel as usual!

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Garrison reads as though he is entertaining a group of 6-year-olds. He raises his voice at the end of sentences and seems to feel the need to emphasis every point he comes across. I wasn't the inane nature of the story that made me quit reading this book, it was his reading of this book!

I'm not a 6 year old

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I like Danielle Steel but this book was so boring. Im glad it was on sale.

So Boring

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I couldn't get past the first couple of pages the writing and language was so bad. It was too painful and every time the same over effusive gushes issued forth I winced. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone who cares about the English language but if you are just in it for background listening while you are trying to go to sleep it might serve some purpose.

Disappointed

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