Friends Forever: A Novel

Danielle Steel

Jul 2012 · Sold by Delacorte Press

About this ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Five children meet on the first day of kindergarten. In the years that follow, they become friends and more than friends. Together, they will find strength, meet challenges, face life’s adventures, endure loss, face stark realities, and open their hearts. In this moving novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel traces their unforgettable journey—full of tests and trials—as three boys and two girls discover the vital bonds that will last a lifetime.
 
FRIENDS FOREVER
 
Gabby, Billy, Izzie, Andy, and Sean—each bursting with their own personality, strikingly different looks and talents, in sports, science, and the arts. Each drawn by the magical spark of connection that happens to the young. At the exclusive Atwood School, on a bright September day, starting in kindergarten they become an inseparable group known to outsiders as the Big Five. In this rarefied world, five families grow closer, and five children bloom beside one another, unaware of the storms gathering around them.
 
As they turn from grade-schoolers to teenagers, seemingly perfect lives are buffeted by unraveling families, unfortunate missteps, and losses and victories great and small. And, one by one, they turn back to the Big Five to regain their footing and their steady course. But as they emerge from Atwood and enter the college years, the way forward is neither safe nor clear. As their lives separate and diverge, the challenges and risks become greater, the losses sharper, and the right paths harder to choose, in a journey of friendship, survival, and love.
 
In what may be her most intricate and emotionally powerful novel yet, Danielle Steel tells a heart-wrenching, ultimately triumphant story that spans decades, weaves together a vivid cast of characters, and captures the challenges we face in life—sometimes, if we’re lucky, with a friend forever by our side.

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Danielle Steel's First Sight.

Ratings and reviews

I've been a Danielle Steel fan forever. I've always looked forward to every new release she's written, but this book was the worst book I have ever read by her! You never get to really know the characters, and the ones you get to slightly now are all killed off and the ending is just ridiculous. So depressing and nothing you could really get into with this book! I give it zero Stars if I could. So disappointed I hope the next of her new books I decide to read isn't like this book because if it is she's lost one of her readers for good. I'm disabled and have very little money to spend on treats like books. Can I get a refund for this one Google library??!! Seriously can I get a refund for a book that was a total disappointment??!! I hope so or I won't be using Google library very often.

This was my first time to read Danielle steel, and I will never read her books again. It was incredibly monotone and the same thing kept happening to each character. Awful awful read should have never been published!

I really enjoyed this book and I don't usually read alot of Danielle Steele. I felt like this book sort of left off with a cliffhanger and left me wanting to know more about what happens between two of the five of the 5 friends.

About the author

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 Country, Prodigal Son, Pegasus, A Perfect Life, Power Play, Winners, First Sight, Until the End of Time, The Sins of the Mother, 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; Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved; and the children’s book Pretty Minnie in Paris.