His Bright Light: The Story of Nick Traina

Danielle Steel

Feb 2009 · Sold by Dell

About this ebook

At once a loving legacy and an unsparing depiction of a devastating illness, Danielle Steel’s tribute to her lost son is a gift of life, hope, healing, and understanding to us all.

“This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold, and a tortured soul. It is the story of an illness, a fight to live, and a race against death.

I want to share the story, and the pain, the courage, the love, and what I learned in living through it. I want Nick's life to be not only a tender memory for us, but a gift to others. . . . I would like to offer people hope and the realities we lived with. I want to make a difference. My hope is that someone will be able to use what we learned, and save a life with it.”—Danielle Steel

From the day he was born, Nick Traina was his mother's joy. By nineteen, he was dead. This is Danielle Steel's powerful, personal story of the son she lost and the lessons she learned during his courageous battle against darkness. Sharing tender, painful memories and Nick's remarkable journals, Steel brings us a haunting duet between a singular young man and the mother who loved him—and a harrowing portrait of a masked killer called manic depression, which afflicts between two and three million Americans.

Ratings and reviews

A very good book. So touching, and so heartwrenching. Ms. Steel is open and honest about his life ans all the things he went thru, and about the help they gave him. My heart and prayers go out to his family and friends. But in all a very good book.

Mental illness is looked upon as something that discipline can fix. Danielle opened my eyes and thank God my son, Charlie, was diagnosed early. He's 15 now and this book helped me fight for my son!! I was able to overcome criticism about Charlie being diagnosed too early from family, friends, therapists, educators and get my son the help he needed early. Nick's story could be a part of saving my sons life... Thank you Danielle.

I read this incredible story when it was released. I was mis-diagnosed with Bi Polar over 15 years ago. I am clinically depressed and never have the manic episodes. From researching many venues, I know that the Mania leads to creativity at every angle. It is heartbreaking to know most suffer so much that the disease becomes fatal. Dr. Ladd Spiegel, a well known NY Psychiatrist describes Bi Polar as their cancer. Ms. Steele reveals in such a loving way, the behavior of her baby boy to be unique.

About the author

Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world’s bestselling authors, with a billion copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include Happiness, Palazzo, The Wedding Planner, Worthy Opponents, Without a Trace, The Whittiers, The High Notes, 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; Expect a Miracle, a book of her favorite quotations for inspiration and comfort; Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved; and the children’s books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.