At twenty-eight, she arrives in New York to start a job at Fletcher and Benson, a prestigious talent agency. Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday. In this captivating novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, five successful women play for high stakes in their careers at a boutique literary and talent agency. In The High Notes, Danielle Steel delivers an inspiring story about finding the strength to stand up for yourself and your dreams, no matter what it takes. But at the top at last, Iris still has to fight every step of the way. After years of enduring the hardships of the road, exploitation, and abuse, to do what she loves, her big chance comes as her talent soars. It is they who give Iris the courage to finally fly free, leave the tour, and follow her dreams. Yet he exploits her too, and the singers and musicians she tours with are really the only family she has.
When she starts to tour at age eighteen, she takes on a real manager. But it is not an easy life for Iris with her father in charge and using her income to pay for gambling, women, and booze. In the ensuing years, never staying anywhere for long, father and daughter move from one dusty town to the next, her passion for music growing every time she takes the mike in another roadhouse. When she is twelve, her father convinces the owner of a bar in Lake City, Texas to let her perform, and she stuns the audience. Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no one else. In this heartfelt novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a young woman with an unforgettable voice fights for the freedom to pursue her dreams. Danielle Steel presents a story of one woman’s breathtaking perseverance in moving beyond tragedy to a life more meaningful than she could ever have imagined. As Veronique forges bonds old and new, she begins to see a light beyond the darkness she has come to inhabit, finding peace in opportunities to help others, and redefining for herself what beauty is, and what it truly means to be beautiful. But her mother’s will, accompanied by a letter Veronique never knew existed, reveals long-held secrets, introducing her to a world she hadn’t even known was possible. In truth, she is struggling to find herself again after losing everything, and to discover what truly matters in life. As she plunges into seclusion, the industry that once adored her believes her to have fallen off the map. She is also forced to confront the harsh reality that she has been severely injured, her famous appearance forever altered. Veronique finds herself hospitalized and alone, devastated to learn that the blast has killed both of the people she loved most. The ruthless terrorist attack has the entire world on edge. Then, out of nowhere, a tragic explosion at Zaventem Airport in Brussels changes her life forever. When a quick getaway presents a welcome break on the heels of Paris Fashion Week, and before a Vogue cover shoot in Tokyo, Veronique is thrilled, eager to escape the mayhem of her busy schedule. The beloved daughter of a hardworking single mother, she has always preferred spending time at home or with her kindhearted boyfriend to attending lavish parties.
Yet, despite being the consummate professional, Veronique wants little of the glamorous life that modeling affords her. At age twenty-two, she is one of the most sought-after models in fashion, gracing the covers of magazines and walking the runways of haute couture shows across the globe. A renowned supermodel’s world is torn apart in an instant, sending her on an unexpected journey of discovery in this masterful novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel.
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