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>
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  _A terrorist attack in Paris …  
  
  
  a blinding explosion in a tunnel …  
  
  
  a woman's entire history vanishes …  
  
  
  and all that remains is love, honor, and hope._  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
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  Thyself
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  PRAISE FOR DANIEL STEEL
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Steel pulls out all the emotional stops.… She delivers.”
  
  
  
  
  
  — _Publishers Weekly_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Steel is one of the best!”
  
  
  
  
  
  — _Los Angeles Times_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “The world's most popular author tells a good, well-paced story and explores
  some important issues.… Steel affirm[s] life while admitting its turbulence,
  melodramas, and misfiring passions.”
  
  
  
  
  
  — _Booklist_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Danielle Steel writes boldly and with practiced vividness about tragedy—both
  national and personal … with insight and power.”
  
  
  
  
  
  — _Nashville Banner_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “There is a smooth reading style to her writings which makes it easy to forget
  the time and to keep flipping the pages.”
  
  
  
  
  
  — _Pittsburgh Press_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “One of the things that keep Dan