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Family Album
Through forty years—from Hollywood's golden days in World War II to the present—Faye Price would create first a career as a legendary actress, then a family, and finally she would realize her dream of becoming one of Hollywood's first woman directors. But nothing was more precious to Faye than her five children. In a changing world, a milieu where family values are constan...more
Paperback, 448 pages
Published
July 10th 1989
by Dell
(first published January 1st 1985)
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ISBN 0440124344 - Oddly, I seem to be on a roll, reading books that begin during WWII and end in the next generation! Steel's done better, but it's a good story. The problems are more in the details than the storyline - Ward is an engaging, charming man one moment, and a petulant, spoiled child the next. Faye is a strong, capable woman, but it's hard to imagine that any strong, capable woman would put up with Ward's reactions to things not going his way. Most of the family falls in love with the...more
Sep 03, 2011
Hyla-sen *
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Recommends it for:
all the people who can recognize a good book
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i found it in my mom's library
This is the first Danielle Steel novel i've ever read, and I really appreciate this author's books.
About "Family Album", I found it beetween my mother old books, and it was a surprise. I really liked the plot, the characters were well-developed and easy to understand, I was excited for all of their stories and I grew up with the characters.
The setting may don't seem the best and Faye Prince may seem a simple ambitious actress , but page by page you can discover that's not like this. All the memb...more
About "Family Album", I found it beetween my mother old books, and it was a surprise. I really liked the plot, the characters were well-developed and easy to understand, I was excited for all of their stories and I grew up with the characters.
The setting may don't seem the best and Faye Prince may seem a simple ambitious actress , but page by page you can discover that's not like this. All the memb...more
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First Danielle Steel novel I've ever read...
I didn't favor love stories that much but this book give me some chilling sensation throughout my body...
I love the book, the story,...smooth plot...and emotional sensitive book
one of the most brilliant book I ever read
I didn't favor love stories that much but this book give me some chilling sensation throughout my body...
I love the book, the story,...smooth plot...and emotional sensitive book
one of the most brilliant book I ever read
I went through a Danielle Steel phase in my prepubescent years. Lining multiple shelves on my mom's bookcase, they were readily available. This is the only one that sticks out in my memory, and that's because I think it actually had more to offer than the quickly-read-and-forget-so-that-you-won't-remember-that-in-the-three-months-time-it-takes-for-the-next-Danielle-Steel-novel-to-come-out-you-won't-recall-that-the-story-has-been-recycled.
Okay, maybe that's a bit unfair. Maybe Danielle Steel isn'...more
Okay, maybe that's a bit unfair. Maybe Danielle Steel isn'...more
Sie erzählt in "Familienbilder" eine wahrlich interessante Geschichte über Menschen, die ein jeder in seinem Wesen verschieden sind. Zudem machte die Autorin mit diesem Werk klar, daß hinter jeder Familie immer ein Mensch stetht, der für alles sorgt, sowohl für Zusammenhalt als auch das moralische Bollwerk. Unter zudem wird hier ganz deutlich klar, was oftmals in der Realität eintrifft: Hinter jeder Karriere eines Mannes steht die stützende Figur der Ehefrau! Und nur mit ihr schafft man es wirkl...more
In the past I've read several Danielle Steel books and have always enjoyed them, but it's been ages since I've read one. The story was the type I like to read - following a family over the years. In this case the time period was the 1940's - 80's starting with WWII and Hollywood glamour. This book was a little more controversal on the family subjects it touched: drugs, homosexuality, flower children in the Haight, May - December romance, teenage pregnancy. Also, it began on a sad note with a fun...more
Wat een onwijs mooi geschreven boek. Als je begint te lezen moet je wel even wennen aan deze stijl,want alle gebeurtenissen volgen elkaar snel op maar daardoor blijft het boek je ook weer boeien. Het boek zit boordevol emoties, mooie emoties maar ook heftige en zelfs treurige emoties. Ik kan hier wel een aantal pagina over vol schrijven hoe mooi ik dit boek vind maar ik denk dat je dit gewoon zelf moet lezen om dat te ervaren. Een echte aanrader!
The story was good for the drama, but I felt the characters were shallow, and I never really became interested or felt anything for them. Sometimes it seemed a little overdone and cheesy, but I then again it was written by a romance writer. This is the first Danielle Steele book I have ever read. This would make a good Lifetime Channel movie.
Over all the book was good. It has a great plot, and the way the family overcomes their struggle gives so much hope to everyone. There is so much detail that you can feel what each character is feeling, which can be a good thing, but for the many sex scenes in this book, I felt that it was a little too graphic.
This book on the otherhand was very good. The characters were fantastic and the story was great. I loved the whole Hollywood aspect and the way she gave it up for the family. The five children were great also. Each one was developed well with its' own great storyline.
Oct 14, 2010
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This has to be one of my favorite Danielle Steel books. It was very interesting and talks about how much a single woman has gone through. The drama she encounters through life is incredible. She still manages to keep a positive attitude and that is what's great.
I didn't know what to expect from this book as it was the first from Danielle Steel... I thought it would be just a love story but there were some situations on the book that made me think if it happened to me how would I deal with it, what would I think, feel and do, specially regarding the kid, John.
this was the beginning of my journey down the road of high-school drama books. This book is the reason i became i fan on fiction reading, and learned to broaden my horizons with books. This book has made me forever grateful to Ms. Steele.
Each character is so well developed that it is impossible not to become attached to them. A story full of love, pain, courage, and always with the message that we are strong enough to overcome the obstacles.
2/10
Beautiful lacrimoso e stucchevole farcito di Merisù e Gheristù che si comportano da perfetti imbecilli, Buoni Sentimenti e Veri Valori, donne forti e indipendenti e tostissime (salvo riprendersi in casa il marito nullafacente e traditore più e più volte), temi scottanti solo per il salotto di Barbara D'Urso, morti, fughe, fortune, disgrazie, scandali, oscar come se piovesse e tutto quel che si trova abitualmente in una telenovela argentina di quarta categoria. Risate assicurate, ma non certo...more
Beautiful lacrimoso e stucchevole farcito di Merisù e Gheristù che si comportano da perfetti imbecilli, Buoni Sentimenti e Veri Valori, donne forti e indipendenti e tostissime (salvo riprendersi in casa il marito nullafacente e traditore più e più volte), temi scottanti solo per il salotto di Barbara D'Urso, morti, fughe, fortune, disgrazie, scandali, oscar come se piovesse e tutto quel che si trova abitualmente in una telenovela argentina di quarta categoria. Risate assicurate, ma non certo...more
Mar 21, 2013
Eddy Allen
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4 of 5 stars
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romance-and-poetry
Through forty years—from Hollywood's golden days in World War II to the present—Faye Price would create first a career as a legendary actress, then a family, and finally she would realize her dream of becoming one of Hollywood's first woman directors. But nothing was more precious to Faye than her five children. In a changing world, a milieu where family values are constantly challenged from without and within, the Thayers would face the greatest challenges and harshest test a family can endure,...more
Danielle Steel and Nicholas Sparks are my "go to" books when I was something light. THIS book is fantasic and probably my favorite by Ms.Steel. A close 2nd, Kaleidoscope!
Nov 03, 2009
Taiyaba
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5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
To all the girls
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found it in my father's collection
I read this book again & again because of the couregious women how stive very hard to kept her family together even when her better half left her in hard times all by herself
I enjoyed the book. It was a bit predictable. Romances are not my favorite genre and feel that they are often predictable and kind of trite, but it kept my interest and was enjoyable. A four is a respectable rating, and I would recommend it.
It's been awhile since I read this book, and it's the only Danielle Steel I've ever read, but I loved it and I definately want to read it again sometime.
was the first danielle steel book i read, i liked it been reading other books but could have done without the homosexual part otherwise was a pretty good book
cerita keluarga yang mengharukan, setiap karakter diceritakan dengan detail,memompa semangat kaum wanita, bahwa wanita itu memang taugh...:)
This was the first Danielle Steele book I read and I remember reading it in 8th grade. I LOVED it. It spanned so many generations.
A tratti un pó inverosimile, ma si finisce per affezionarsi a ciascun personaggio e membro della famiglia e alle sue dinamiche, con alcune pagine davvero ricche di pathos.
Dec 04, 2010
Maldivianbookreviewer
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I read a few books by Danielle Steel in the mid or early 90's and loved the few that I did read. This is one of those books.
fue de los ultimos que lei de ella, es mucho muy tragico, cuando crees que nada puede salir peor... creeme , si puede...
First book I ever read of Danielle Steel. I have been hooked on her books ever since. Definately my favourite author.
I loved this book. It was one of the first of Ms Steel's books that I read. Great memoir with cool characters.
I love this book! I haven't read it in years so I guess it's time for a re-read. Well worth the time.
I absolutley adored this novel. Greeat story lines with the different characters. Totally cried at the end.
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Since 1981, Ms. Steel has been a permanent fixture on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestseller lists. In 1989, she was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having at least one of her books on the Times bestseller list for 381 consecutive weeks. But Guinness was premature. The fact is that one or more of Ms. Steel's novels have been on the New York Times bestseller list for...more
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