title: Once in a Lifetime: A Novel
author:  Danielle Steel 
description: <b>Praise for Danielle Steel</b><br /><br />Steel is one of the best!<b><i>Los Angeles Times</i></b><br /><br />Few modern writers convey the pathos of family and material life with such heartfelt empathy.<b><i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i></b><br /><br />Steel pulls out all the emotional stops. . . . She delivers!<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br /><br />What counts for the reader is the ring of authenticity.<b><i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b>
zlib_text: > > _A single shattering moment_  
  >  _can change lives forever…._
  
  > > PRAISE FOR  
  >  **DANIELLE STEEL**
  
  > > > > “A LITERARY PHENOMENON … and not to be pigeonholed as one who produces
  > a predictable kind of book.”
  
  > > > > — _The Detroit News_
  
  > > > > “THE PLOTS OF DANIELLE STEEL'S NOVELS TWIST AND WEAVE as incredible
  > stories unfold to the glee and delight of her enormous reading public.”
  
  > > > > —United Press International
  
  > > > > “Ms. Steel's fans won't be disappointed!”
  
  > > > > — _The New York Times Book Review_
  
  > > > > “One counts on Danielle Steel for A STORY THAT ENTERTAINS AND
  > INFORMS.”
  
  > > > > — _The Chattanooga Times_
  
  > > > > “Steel writes convincingly about universal human emotions.”
  
  > > > > — _Publishers Weekly_
  
  > > > > “STEEL IS AT THE TOP OF HER BESTSELLING FORM.”
  
  > > > > — _Houston Chronicle_
  
  > > > > “FEW MODERN WRITERS CONVEY THE PATHOS OF FAMILY AND MARITAL LIFE WITH
  > SUCH HEARTFELT EMPATHY.”
  
  > > > > — _The Philadelphia Inquirer_
  
  > > > > “It's noth