The House on Hope Street

By: Danielle Steel

Narrated by: Joseph Siravo

Danielle Steel's 49th bestselling novel is a story of courage and loss, of the power of family and the strength of the human soul.

Life was good for Liz and Jack Sutherland. In eighteen years of marriage, they had built a family, a successful law practice, and a warm, happy home near San Francisco, in a house on Hope Street. Then, in an instant, it all fell apart. It began like any other Christmas morning, with joy and children's laughter. But for Jack Sutherland, a five-minute errand ends in tragedy. And suddenly, Liz is alone, facing painful questions in the wake of an unbearable loss.

How can she go on without her husband, her partner, her best friend? How can she grieve when she must console five devastated children, including one with special needs of his own? Powered by her children's love, Liz finds the strength to return to work, to become both mother and "daddy," coaching her youngest son for the Special Olympics. And one by one the holidays come and go before her eyes: Valentine's Day without flowers and without Jack...Easter...July 4.... Then, just weeks before Labor Day, a devastating accident sends her oldest son to the hospital—and brings a doctor named Bill Webster into her life. Bill becomes a friend to Liz as he slowly heals her shattered son.

And as the long days of summer blend into fall, a new relationship offers new hope, and Liz reflects on what she has, on what she's lost, on the little blessings that give strength when nothing else is left. Then, with the first anniversary of her husband's death approaching, and with it another Christmas in the house on Hope Street, Liz will face one more crisis before she can look back at a year of mourning and change—and ahead to the beginning of a new life.

The House on Hope Street is about learning to live again after you think life is over, about getting up when you have been knocked down, again and again. It is about cherishing small miracles, and believing in big ones. It is above all about hope.©2000 Danielle Steel; (P)2000 Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

Praise for Danielle Steel

“Steel is one of the best!”—Los Angeles Times

“Few modern writers convey the pathos of family and material life with such heartfelt empathy.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Steel pulls out all the emotional stops. . . . She delivers!”—Publishers Weekly

“What counts for the reader is the ring of authenticity.”—San Francisco Chronicle

the house on hope street

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SEQUEL TO THIS BOOK, I LOVED IT AND THOUGHT IT ENDED TOO SOON, IT IS A GREAT BOOK, LOVED IT SO MUCH. DO YOU THINK THE AUTHOR COULD WRITE A SEQUEL SOON, THANKS, DELORES JOHNSON

Hope Street

I totally enjoyed this book! It was so realistic and I could see the likeness to real life vividly!

House on Hope Street

All you have to do is read the Publisher's Summary. It is all there and the book carries you through with all the details coming to life . Very well written and I do recommend this very much. Could not be better. Yes, I could say it was one of the best. Now to find another.
Marilyn

A++

In for a good cry then you will get what you want. I always am pleased with a Danielle Steele novel.

Great book and amazing audio!!

I love Danielle Steele and I think the Narrator was amazing with the character changes!