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  • Written by: Danielle Steel
  • Narrated by: Todd McLaren
  • Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (94 ratings)

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The Wedding Dress

Written by: Danielle Steel
Narrated by: Todd McLaren
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Publisher's Summary

In Danielle Steel’s epic new novel, the lives of four generations of women in one family span fortune and loss, motherhood, tragedy, and victories.

From the glamorous San Francisco social scene of the 1920s, through war and the social changes of the ’60s, to the rise of Silicon Valley today, this extraordinary novel takes us on a family odyssey that is both heartbreaking and inspiring, as each generation faces the challenges of their day. 

The Parisian design houses in 1928, the crash of 1929, the losses of war, the drug culture of the 1960s - history holds many surprises, and lives are changed forever. For richer or for poorer, in cramped apartments and grand mansions, the treasured wedding dress made in Paris in 1928 follows each generation into their new lives, and represents different hopes for each of them, as they marry very different men. 

From inherited fortunes at the outset to self-made men and women, the wedding dress remains a cherished constant for the women who wear it in each generation and forge a destiny of their own. It is a symbol of their remaining traditions and the bond of family they share in an ever-changing world. 

©2020 Danielle Steel (P)2020 Recorded Books

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Typical Danielle Steele

I purchased this book as I love Danielle Steele. After listening to the book, I realized that her books are all the same. Pretty much same story line. Not sure if I will get another novel from her or not.

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Drags, Slow, Always Anticipating but Never Comes

Always seemed like it should be more exciting, like something was about to happen. But this book was like lunch bag let down multiplied, every time you thought something was going to happen it never did. A very flat story that took an eternity to get to "The End"

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good story

my first audio book. hard to get used to the talking instead of the reading. so far i like the reading better.

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Mildly interesting story marred by lazy writing

The narrator was fabulous, or I would have ditched this early on. He sounded like a gentler Liam Neeson, and gave his novel the heft it sorely needed.

As for the novel, this needed a good editor. It was uneven, especially towards the end (Ruby's story was so rushed to get to the final use of the wedding dress) Plus it was so repetative, it made me think the author thought we could not recall that someone was sad about X, or depressed about X without being constantly reminded of it in stark terms. I feel it would be suitable as an intantly forgettable beach read.



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Overall Great Story

Great book by Danielle Steele and good performance by Todd McLaren.
The author had you fall in love with characters and pulled at your heartstrings with twists & turns that are unexpected - a very easy listen. My biggest complaint is that the narrator had a tendency to make the women in the book sound whiny, often in times where they were supposed to sound strong. Other than that, his voice is very soothing making this easy listen a very enjoyable one!

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Great story

I was on the edge of my seat for a lot of it, such a great story!

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Family history in a book

Completely enjoyed the winding history of the Devereaux family with all their wonderful adventures and love stories right until the very last page

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it was okay

I'm new to Danielle Steele... didn't care for the many time jumps. I would have preferred a more personal look into the character's lives. Most of the time it seemed very surface level. Might not have been a big deal if there wasn't a crazy amount of repeating the same points over and over. I enjoyed the historical aspect though.

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Excellent

I wondered how a novel could be about A Wedding Dress and I made a delightful discovery: easily!
Many interesting characters and a very enjoyable book.
I most delightfully enjoyed the ending.
Thank you, again, Danielle Steel.

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Excellent story.

Loved this story as i do all of her stories.. Beautiful writer. My mom used to read her books as well.
Mary Ann Tame
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