[Missouri-l] Accessible World presents, ...

[Nancy Lynn]

Subject: Accessible World presents the Romance Literature Discussion Group, 
October 16, 2009

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In our next meeting of the Romance Literature Discussion Group, we will 
visit, through the writing of Danielle Steel, a time in history that will 
never be forgotten.


About to marry her fiancé, Charles, Edwina Winfield has her whole life ahead 
of her. Filled with the hopes and dreams of love and marriage, her life 
changes abruptly in one moment. About to sail on the maiden voyage of the 
Titanic, its first and only voyage, Edwina's mother makes a choice that will 
change the lives of her five children forever. As it becomes clear that life 
and death choices must be made or all will perish, Mrs. Winfield must make a 
choice no mother ever wants to make. Heartbroken at the thought of living a 
life alone, she chooses to follow her husband to the bottom of the ocean. 
Edwina is left with the responsibility of raising her younger siblings. 
Suddenly, her life with fiancé Charles becomes nothing more than a memory. 
Faced with the loss of both her parents and the man she loves, Edwina must 
somehow find the strength to help her four younger brothers and sisters 
adjust to life without parents. How does a young woman sacrifice all she has 
hoped for? How can she come to terms with being an adult too soon? To whom 
can she turn for guidance when difficulties inherent in growing up 
inevitably arise? What will happen to her hopes and dreams? Must she 
sacrifice her life forever? Will she ever find love again? As she lies 
wakeful in the middle of the night, how will she look back on the fateful 
choice her mother made that day? Did her mother make the right choice?


What captivates us about the sinking of the Titanic is that people had to 
make decisions like this? If you had been there, what choice would you have 
made? That question haunts us as we read this page-turner by Danielle Steel.


A new copy of No Greater Love by Danielle Steel is available on Bookshare. 
If you wish, you may be able to obtain a copy from your local branch of the 
National Library Service on cassette.

Here is a review from the publisher.

It was the maiden voyage of the, greatest ship ever built, and in one fatal, 
unforgettable night, the sea shattered the lives and future of an 
extraordinary family, the Winfield's.

Edwina Winfield, returning from her engagement trip to England with her 
fiancé and her family, instantly loses her parents, the man she loved and 
her dreams. Without even time to mourn, she courageously defies convention 
to run her family's California newspaper and care for her five younger 
siblings. Unable

to forget her fiancé Charles, she is determined never to marry, to keep her 
family together, and to fight to survive as a woman alone. But Phillip, her 
beloved oldest brother, sets out for Harvard and tragically betrays her 
trust. Madcap brother George turns to the excitement of Hollywood during its 
magical

days, not to the Winfield publishing empire. And lovely Alexis, who narrowly 
escaped death when the Titanic went down, grows into a troubled runaway whom 
even Edwina's love may not be able to save. The two youngest, Fannie and 
Teddy, remain with Edwina at home.


Compelling and deeply moving, No Greater Love questions a woman's choices 
and the price she must pay for making them. And in an unforgettable climax, 
it offers an answer--as Edwina confronts the ghosts haunting her and take an 
extraordinary risk for her future and her heart.


If you have any questions, please contact me at: bookmaven1 at verizon.net.

Bonnie Blose, Group Facilitator

Email: Bookmaven1 at verizon.net


Date: Friday, October 16, 2009


Time: 6:00 p.m. PDT, 7:00 p.m. MDT, 8:00 p.m. CDT, 9:00 p.m. EDT

and elsewhere in the world Saturday 1:00 GMT.


Approximately 15 minutes prior to the event start time; go to Romance 
Literature Room at:


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Or, alternatively,


Select The Romance Literature Room at:

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