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    Daddy

    Written by Danielle Steel

    Narrated by Richard Thomas

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    About this audiobook

    Oliver Watson’s world suddenly dissolves around him when Sarah his wife of eighteen years, returns to Harvard to get her master’s degree. Oliver is left on his own, with three children and a freedom he never wanted and doesn’t completely understand. His family’s needs and demands suddenly consume his life.

    When Oliver’s mother is diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease and dies soon thereafter, Oliver’s father’s life is changed as well. Braver than his son with less of a future before him, George Watson, at seventy-two, quickly embraces new relationships and, eventually, a new life. The sudden changes come as a shock to both father and son.

    Ben, Oliver’s oldest son, rejects his father and reaches outward, under the illusion that he is grown-up and can make it on his own. Melissa, the middle child, blames Oliver for her mother’s desertion. And Sam, the "baby," is too shaken to deal with it at all. Now the only parent, Daddy must somehow cope with his troubled family and explore a world of new responsibilities, new women, and new experiences. Each of the three men must start a new life: Oliver in New York and then in Los Angeles with his children, once he faces the biggest change in his life; his widowed father with the woman next door; and seventeen-year-old Ben with his girlfriend and baby. Nothing is as it was before…nothing is as they once thought it would be. But in the end, different is better…different is more… for each of them–and especially for Daddy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 5, 2000
    ISBN9780553752359
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    Danielle Steel

    Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over 650 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include Property of a Noblewoman, Blue, Precious Gifts, Undercover, Country, Prodigal Son, Pegasus, A Perfect Life, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.

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    • 5/5
      Really sad story with a happy ending in true Danielle Steel styleOliver Watson has worked hard to build a safe, predictable world. But suddenly it seems to dissolve around him. The marriage he thought was perfect crumbles after eighteen years. His mother is killed in an untimely accident, leaving his father newly widowed and trying, at seventy-two, to build a new world for himself. Oliver's eldest son rejects him and reaches out towards a life of his own, a life he is not mature enough to handle. Melissa, his daughter, unequivocably blames her father for her mother's desertion, while Sam, the 'baby', is too shaken to deal with it at all.
    • 5/5
      enjoyed it. too short. could have gone on and o
    • 4/5
      First Danielle Steele I have read. I was impressed. Well-drawn uncliche characters, meaningful plot.
    • 5/5
      Inhaltsangabe:Oliver Watsons Traum ist in Erfüllung gegangen. Er hat einen guten Beruf und macht eine ausgezeichnete Karriere in der Werbebranche. Schon seit knapp 20 Jahren ist er mit seiner Frau Sarah zusammen und sie hat ihm in der Ehe drei Kinder geschenkt. So wollte Oliver immer leben und so soll es eigentlich auch bleiben. Sarah jedoch war unglücklich in ihrer Ehe. Zwar sieht Sarah die Notwendigkeit, für ihre Kinder und ihren Mann da zu sein. Doch innerlich möchte sie eigentlich ganz was anderes: Sie möchte studieren, Schriftstellerin werden und sich ein ganz anderes Leben aufbauen als Oliver ihr je bieten kann. Sie verläßt ihn, als sie die Zulassung für die Harvard-Universität erhält!Für Oliver bricht eine Welt zusammen. Und auch die drei Kinder, Ben, Mel und Sam, verstehen die Welt nicht mehr. Ihre Mutter hat sie verlassen und sie geben Oliver die Schuld. Ben bleibt immer mehr und mehr dem Elternhaus fern und sucht Trost in seiner Freundin Sandra. Mel verschließt sich ihrem Vater und Sam näßt wieder ins Bett und schläft bei Oliver im Bett. Oliver wird nur schwer den Anforderungen des alleinerziehenden Vaters gerecht und er droht des öfteren zu scheitern.Sarah dreht der Familie immer mehr den Rücken zu und Oliver weiß schon sehr früh, das seine Ehe beendet ist. Dazu kommt noch, das seine Mutter schwer an Alzheimer erkrankt ist und Bens Leistungen in der Schule lassen sehr zu wünschen übrig. Er droht auch noch von der Schule zu fliegen; da sagt er zu Oliver, das seine Freundin ein Kind erwartet und er nun für seine eigene Familie sorgen müsse.Erst mit dem Umzug nach New York beginnt für die Watsons das Leben angenehmer zu werden. Einzig und allein Ben macht Oliver sorgen. Während Mel und Sam die Sommerferien mit ihrer Mutter verbringen, lernt Oliver Meagan kennen und sie haben eine leidenschaftliche Affäre miteinander. Doch auch sie scheint genau die Frau Typ wie Sarah zu sein: Unabhängig, selbstbewußt und nicht gewillt, eine engere Bindung eingehen zu wollen. Für Oliver ist es schwer, sich den Tatsachen der Emanzipation zu stellen und es ist noch ein weiter Weg, ehe er wirklich mit seinem Leben glücklich und zufrieden ist.Mein Fazit:Die Autorin hat dieses Mal, wie auch schon in „Der Preis des Glücks“, einen männlichen Romanhelden auserkoren und Oliver ist einem trotz der konservativen Einstellung total sympathisch. Allerdings, trotz das Sarah die Familie verlassen hat, so kann man auch ihre Beweggründe verstehen.Sehr einfühlsam ist dieser Roman um drei Generationen geschrieben, die sich sehr ähneln und doch verschieden sind. Ich habe dieses Buch jedenfalls auch beim zweiten Lesen verschlungen und ich kann es sehr empfehlen!Anmerkung: Die Rezension stammt aus April 2003.Veröffentlicht am 08.03.16!
    • 4/5
      Daddy by Danielle SteelThis book is about George, Oliver and Benjamin, 3 generations of one family, are all learning to cope with their struggles in life.Their spouses: one is dying, another is heading off to college and one is expecting a baby.Moments of joy and some tragedies as the twists and turns in this book leave you wondering what will happen next to each of them.Lots of travel and much more loving.I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
    • 5/5
      DS never disappoints me and is by far MY favorite Author
    • 4/5
      The perfect life - the job, the wife, the house, the kids, the loving parents - Oliver Watson had settled into a life that was exactly what he wanted till the day his wife decided to return to school without any of them. Now Oliver had to be the sole source of income for the family, the supportive son to a mother with Alzheimer’s, the single parent to all of his kids and deal with the loss of his partner and friend of about 20 years. Learning to respond as both parents was a test for this new single father and deciding where the family should go from there now fell on him alone. A tender and heartwarming story, as many of Danielle Steele’s are, it was written as a modern enough story that it is still possible, actually probable in today’s life, very realistic. The connections between father and kids was the best for me. The moment of realization, for any parent really, that makes you say to yourself, ’I did ok’ is all that any of us can ask for. While the romance was encouraging, it was standard, the family dynamics of this story is what sets it apart.