title: Winners: A Novel
author:  Danielle Steel 
description: Chronicling the first year after tragedy strikes two families, Steels latest grapples with the long, painful road to recovery. When a Tahoe ski lift breaks with Olympic hopeful Lily and her coach onboard, the coach is killed and Lily severely injured. Lilys operated on by neurosurgeon Dr. Jessie Mathews, who determines that the girls spinal-cord injury means that Lily will never walk again, much less compete in the Olympics. Lilys single-parent father, Bill, is devastated, since Lily has been his life after his wifes death. Unbeknownst to Jessie, while shes operating on Lily, her husband, Tim, and son Jimmy are in a car accident. Tim dies instantly; Jimmy survives without injury. While Jessie works to keep her four children from despair, Bill first goes through total denial, and then, when Jessies diagnosis is confirmed by other doctors and Lily is in Denvers Craig Hospital, he decides to build Lily Pad, a center for young spinal-cord patients. Steels unflinching look at the highs and lows of Bills and Jessies lives will leave readers crying and cheering. --Pat Henshaw
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  > > A day for celebration—  
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  > > 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