02619cam a2200421 i 4500 1597051007 TxAuBib 20240913120000.0 230811s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023034725 9780593498613 0593498615 (OCoLC)1395194038 TxAuBib rda Steel, Danielle, author. Joy / Danielle Steel. First edition. New York, NY : Delacorte Press, [2024] ©2024. 240 p : HB ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "When she is only six years old, Allegra Dixon's party-loving mother leaves without so much as a goodbye. Her father, an emotionally distant military officer, is also unable--or unwilling--to care for her. Sent to live like a ghost in her grandparents' joyless home, Allegra finds her only solace through an escape into books. Attending boarding school, life finally takes a turn when she meets a dashing young West Point cadet named Shep Williams. Soon their friendship blossoms into something more, and they fall deeply in love. After college, Allegra has established herself as a book editor and Shep is rising through the ranks of the military. But then Shep suddenly receives a posting to Afghanistan, and they decide to marry before he goes. Between his deployments, they cling to their brief and fraught stolen moments together. Each time he leaves, Shep promises the separations will soon come to an end. But soon Allegra realizes that the horrors of war have begun to change her husband into a man she no longer recognizes. The trauma he has experienced proves to be too harrowing, and Allegra will find herself feeling utterly alone again just when she thought she'd finally found happiness. In her new novel, Danielle Steel tells the unforgettable story of a woman who refuses to give up until she finds the joy she deserves"-- Amazon.com. 20240913. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Marriage Fiction. Book editors Fiction. Military spouses Fiction. Afghan War, 2001-2021 Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) in women Fiction. Long-distance relationships Fiction. Post-traumatic stress disorder Fiction. Romance fiction. fast Domestic fiction. fast Novels. fast TXING