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    Impossible

    Written by Danielle Steel

    Narrated by David Garrison

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    When a high-powered gallery owner collides with a wildly offbeat artist, it's the perfect recipe for disaster. But in her 63rd bestselling novel, Danielle Steel proves that when two hopelessly mismatched people share a love for art, a passion for each other, and a city like Paris, nothing is truly impossible…or is it?

    Everything Sasha does is within the boundaries of tradition. Liam is sockless in December. Sasha is widowed, a woman who knows she was lucky enough to be married to the most wonderful man in the world and thankful for every moment they had. Liam is half in and half out of a marriage that only a "wacky" artist could manage, and that his own impossibly impulsive behavior has helped tear apart. But while Sasha has been methodically building her father's Parisian art gallery into an intercontinental success story, Liam has been growing into one of the most original and striking young painters of his time. So while the two are utterly unalike-and a nine-year age difference stares them squarely in the face-the miracle of art brings them crashing together. Now the question is, can Sasha guard her reputation while juggling a secret, somewhat scandalous relationship? And how can Liam, who lives for the moment, put up with a woman who insists on having things her own way, in her own style, and at her own time?

    For Sasha, it's a matter of keeping Liam hidden from her grown children and well-heeled clientele as she commutes between New York and Paris and two thriving galleries. For Liam, it's about creating chaos out of order, bringing out the wild streak that Sasha barely knows she has, of choosing pizza over foie gras, and making love when others are busy making money. That is, until a family tragedy suddenly alters Liam's life-and forces a choice and a sacrifice that neither one of them could have expected. But from the snow falling on the Tuileries to the joy of eating ice cream by candlelight, the artist and the art dealer have tasted perfection. And giving up now might just be the most impossible thing of all.

    With unerring insight into the hearts of men and women- and into the soul of the artist -Danielle Steel takes us into a world of glamour and genius, priceless art and dazzling creativity. From the luxurious galleries of Europe to the endless beaches of the Hamptons, ImPossible weaves an extraordinary tale of love and compromise, of taking chances and counting blessings. With brilliant color and breathtaking emotion, Danielle Steel has written her most compelling novel to date.


    From the Hardcover edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 1, 2005
    ISBN9780739313381
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    Danielle Steel

    Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over 650 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include Property of a Noblewoman, Blue, Precious Gifts, Undercover, Country, Prodigal Son, Pegasus, A Perfect Life, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.

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    • 2/5
      This is not one of her better efforts. Sasha is one of Steel's rich beautiful people. She and Liam, a 'wacky artist' fall passionately in love. She should know better. In fact she does, but lets her passion get away with her. He is a real brat (greatly damaged by his terrible childhood!), totally irresponsible and I can't imagine why she gives him a first chance, never mind a second, and a third...
    • 4/5
      Inhaltsangabe:Sasha Boardman führt ein erfülltes Leben: Sie leitet die Galerie ihres Vaters in Paris und ihre eigene in New York. Mit ihrem Mann Arthur, Banker, hat sie zwei Kinder groß gezogen und wähnt sich langsam, das ihr Mann allmählich in den Ruhestand gehen möchte.Doch dann geschieht das Unfaßbare: Ihr Mann verstirbt an einem Herzinfarkt! Für Sasha bricht eine Welt zusammen und sie glaubt, ohne Arthur nicht mehr leben zu können. Als sie allmählich ihre Trauer überwindet, lernt sie Liam Allison kennen, ein junger talentierter Künstler mit großen Ambitionen und einem exzentrischen Wesen, der kaum gesellschaftliche Konventionen anerkennt.Obwohl Sasha stets sehr konservativ lebte, fühlt sie sich zu dem zu groß geratenen Jungen Liam hingezogen. Sie beginnen eine Affäre, doch schon bald werden ihre unterschiedlichen Welten offenkundig. Liam zieht sich zurück und hinterläßt eine traurige Sasha!Ihr Sohn Xavier kann sie schließlich unbewußt wieder zusammen führen. Und wieder verbringen sie eine gemeinsame Zeit, wo Sasha allmählich glaubt, das es tatsächlich klappen könnte, gerät Liam wieder außer Kontrolle und bringt Sasha in eine peinliche Lage.Die Trennung ist unvermeidlich und wieder leidet Sasha.Mein Fazit:Obwohl mir die letzten Bücher von Danielle Steel nicht ganz so gefallen haben, war ich dennoch neugierig auf dieses Buch, denn der Plot klang ganz interessant. Immerhin greift die Autorin damit ein Thema der heutigen Zeit auf. Vor 10 Jahren noch verpönt, ist es heute nahezu selbstverständlich, wenn eine ältere Frau einen jüngeren Geliebten oder gar Ehemann hat. Und damit beschäftigte sich die Autorin in dieser Geschichte.Sasha ist im steifen Paris aufgewachsen, ohne Mutter, mit einem erfolgreichen Galeristen als Vater. Als Sasha ihren Mann Arthur kennen lernt, paßt es in ihre Welt – er ist ebenso konservativ wie sie erzogen wurde. Und so ist ihre ganze Welt noch immer, als sie ein Jahr nach dem Tod ihres Mannes den jüngeren Liam kennen lernt. Er ist ein sehr talentierter Maler, Vater von drei Kindern und treibt seine Frau damit in den Wahnsinn, indem er immer wieder wilde Ausbrüche hat und alle irgendwie blamiert. Er ist ebenfalls ohne Mutter aufgewachsen und hat ansonsten ein sehr kaltherziges Elternhaus gehabt. Damit ist zu erklären, weshalb er den konservativen Lebensstil im Grunde rundweg ablehnt.Die Gegensätzlichkeiten ihrer beider Leben stellt ihre Liebe auf einen harten Prüfstand. Denn nur die leidenschaftliche Liebe ist das einzige, was sie miteinander verbindet. Die Konflikte, die dabei entstehen, sind durchaus nachvollziehbar und verständlich, wobei ich eher zu Sasha tendiere wie zu Liam. Zu groß geratene Jungs, die sich weigern, erwachsen zu werden, sind bei mir noch nie auf Verständnis gestoßen.Die Liebesgeschichte um Sasha und Liam ist eine berührende Geschichte um Toleranz und Verständnis. Anfangs kommt die Geschichte etwas schwer in Gang, aber taucht Liam erstmal in Sashas Leben auf, kann man das Buch kaum aus der Hand legen. Einziger Minus-Punkt: Die Hauptfigur ist wieder eine Person aus gutsituierten Kreisen. Aber ansonsten hat sie genauso Probleme wie andere Personen aus anderen Schichten.Von mir bekommt das Buch 4 von 5 Sternchen.Anmerkung: Die Rezension stammt von November 2010.
    • 4/5
      This book is the story of Sasha who grew up with her father who owned and ran and art dealer ship , when he mother died her and her father became close .. she went to collage years later in New York met Arthur married him had two kids , loved them all for over 25 years until he died of a heart attack, she moved back to Paris , met one of her sins older friends who was an artist who wanted to her be his dealer and his work was wonderful and the night they met they fell into bed ad the book goes thru heart break of them on again off again for 2 years and then the ending changes and twist ... a very god book
    • 1/5
      I could hardly manage to read past the first 100 pages. The book was so repetitive. It drove me crazy to read how many times Sasha just loved to spend time with her son "as usual". None of the characters really stood out to me, as much as I wanted to like the book.