This story ran the gamut from depressing me to making me want to cheer. Madison Allen,a world reknown photographer,is living her happy life in New York city,and on assigmnents around the world. She has three children you want to hate from the first page. They seem to want nothing to do with her, and it breaks her heart, but she tries to let it not bother her. Hit a little too close to home for me.She has an accident, which causes her to reflect on her past,and to search out three men who she'd had relationships with after being divorced. But as in all romance novels,especially Danielle Steel's-along comes the white knight! And things are much happier in her life on all acounts by the end of the story. Danielle is back to being SO repetative in her writing again. It had stopped for a while, but I get bored reading the same statements over and over again.Maybe she needs to aim for a lesser page count.
Lost and Found is a story about a women's self-reflective journey. Maddie Allen is a famous photographer who is divorced and on her own after raising her three children. She does not have a close relationship with any of her kids, and Maddie leads a quiet life focusing on her work where she excels. Maddie loves her home which is a converted firehouse with a spiral staircase and where she has her studio and offices on the ground floor. After breaking her ankle in a fall and a dress down from her eldest daughter, Maddie decides to take a trip. She wants to see if the choices she made in the past were the right ones. It also allows Maddie to reflect on her life, lay old ghosts to rest and see what the future holds for her. Lost and Found reminds me of Danielle Steel's earlier books. It is a light women's fiction story with a heaping helping of romance and a splash of fairy tale (happily ever after). I like the author's relaxed writing style. It makes the story easy to read and it has a smooth flow. I did not understand how Maddie could let her daughter run roughshod over her and be intimidated by Deanna's words. Of course, critical comments from family affect us more than remarks from others. There is a significant amount of repetition in the first half of the book. After a while, I knew the information by heart (a little rewriting would have dramatically improved this book). As Maddie's journey progresses, the story improves. I was especially moved by her Wyoming visit. There were some heartwarming scenes that were touching. I liked seeing the characters develop and the changes in various relationships. I agree with Maddie when she said. âstrange things happen in life when you don't expect themâ. Sometimes it helps to look back before moving forward. Lost and Found is sweet story about reflection, family, romance, and choices.
