02846cam a2200445 i 4500 1504069513 TxAuBib 20240816120000.0 240724s2024||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u bl2024015934 9780593946619 paperback 0593946618 paperback (OCoLC)1449647168 TxAuBib rda Steel, Danielle. Joy :a novel [large print] / Danielle Steel. First large print edition. New York : Random House Large Print, [2024] ©2024. 290 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "When she is only six years old, Allegra Dixon's party-loving mother leaves without so much as a goodbye. Her father, an emotionally distant military officer, is also unable--or unwilling--to care for her. Sent to live like a ghost in her grandparents' joyless home, Allegra finds her only solace through an escape into books. Attending boarding school, life finally takes a turn when she meets a dashing young West Point cadet named Shep Williams. Soon their friendship blossoms into something more, and they fall deeply in love. After college, Allegra has established herself as a book editor and Shep is rising through the ranks of the military. But then Shep suddenly receives a posting to Afghanistan, and they decide to marry before he goes. Between his deployments, they cling to their brief and fraught stolen moments together. Each time he leaves, Shep promises the separations will soon come to an end. But soon Allegra realizes that the horrors of war have begun to change her husband into a man she no longer recognizes. The trauma he has experienced proves to be too harrowing, and Allegra will find herself feeling utterly alone again just when she thought she'd finally found happiness. In her new novel, Danielle Steel tells the unforgettable story of a woman who refuses to give up until she finds the joy she deserves." -- Provided by publisher. 20240816. Book editors Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Psychic trauma Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) in women Fiction. Long-distance relationships Fiction. Afghan War, 2001-2021 Fiction. Post-traumatic stress disorder Fiction. Marriage Fiction. Military spouses Fiction. Large type books. fast large print books. aat Romance fiction. fast Domestic fiction. Novels. fast