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100	1		_92100 _aSteel, Danielle, _d1947- _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA perfect life / _cDanielle Steel.
260			_aLondon : _bBantam Press, _c2014.
300			_a306 pages ; _c25 cm.
520			_aThe epitome of intelligence, high-powered energy, beauty, and grace, Blaise McCarthy is an icon in the world of television news, asking the tough questions and taking on the emotionally charged issues of world news and politics with courage and insight. A single mother, she manages her well-ordered career meticulously, always prepared on the news or interviewing world-renowned figures and heads of state. To her audience, Blaise seems to have it all. But privately, and off the set, there is another untold story she has kept hidden for years. Blaise's teenage daughter, Salima, was blinded by Type 1 diabetes in childhood, and her needs have kept her away in a year-round boarding school with full-time medical care and assistance ever since. When Salima's school closes after a tragedy, Salima returns to her mother's New York City apartment, and suddenly they face challenges they've never had to deal with before, and that Blaise feels ill-equipped to handle. A new caretaker provided by Salima's school creates as many problems as he solves. Handsome, accomplished, thirty-two-year-old Simon Ward, with strong opinions on every topic, questions how mother and daughter view themselves and each other. Simon opens new doors for both of them and refuses to accept Salima's physical limitations. He turns their world upside down, and the three become friends. Then everything starts to unravel and Blaise can't keep her two worlds separate anymore. A beautiful young anchorwoman is hired at the network; it is no secret that she is being groomed to take Blaise's place. Her career as she has known it is threatened, and her previously well-ordered life feels totally out of control. For the first time, Blaise's life is not perfect, but real. In this unforgettable tale, the incomparable Danielle Steel has written a novel that pulsates with emotion and honesty as three people face the truth about themselves. A Perfect Life is about what we do when facades fall away and we can no longer run from the truth. As old ideas fail, everything changes, and life is suddenly brand new.
650		0	_aMothers and daughters _vFiction. _92809
650		0	_aWomen television news anchors _vFiction. _942658
650		0	_aBlind _vFiction. _96078
650		0	_aMale caregivers _vFiction. _942659
650		0	_aInterpersonal relations _vFiction. _912525
650		0	_aApartment dwellers _zNew York (State) _zNew York _vFiction. _97730
651		0	_aNew York (N.Y.) _vFiction. _9821
655		0	_aLove stories _2gsafd _9133
655		0	_aDomestic fiction _9147
650		0	_93834 _aTeenage girls _vFiction.
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