Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Matters of the Heart-- Danielle Steel

Hope Dunne a famous photographer, married at an early age of about 22yrs to a doctor and enjoyed the joy of motherhood and also the heartbreak of divorce and loss of her only daughter.She travels to India and Tibet and heals her wounds of heart staying at the ashramas in Rishikesh and Tibet. She falls in love with one of her subject Finn O'Neill, who is a famous Writer. She gets carried away by his warmth but finds it irresistible to get along with him because of his past, lies, jealousy and greed for her money.She discovers that Finn is a Sociopath. Sociopath is someone who destroys you and your heart and your existence as a whole. He appears to be very loving at the beginning but as days pass on leaves her traumatized,and threatens to kill her for money. Her one year relationship with Finn kills her heart and soul.

Hope finds it impossible to continue the relationship with Finn and takes the help of her friend Robert who is an attorney at Dublin and ends up in India in the ashramas to heal.Its a blend of suspense and drama dealt neatly and very close to heart.

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