I enjoyed this book as I enjoy every book by Danielle Steel. She's got a knack for bringing out a wide range of emotions as you read through her books, and this one was no different.

I can't believe the amount of people that are complaing about this book. It was real. Would it have been ideal if Sam had held her hand through everything? Of course! But it's not always like that in real life, unfortunatly.

This book was depressing at times - but what do you expect? Alex, a beautiful, vivacious woman gets breast cancer. Her husband deserts her and starts fooling around with some tramp from his office.

But when you take out the sad parts, you remember to focus on what counts. Alex was incredibly brave, and incredibly strong. She fought, and she didn't give up. People need to focus on that. It's truly inspiring.

As for the ending - again, it's real. It happens. People go through horrible things together and then get back together and start again.

I enjoyed this book, and I think if you read it with an open mind, you will too.

This is the story of Alex, who had it all. A sucessful career as a lawyer, a solid marriage of eighteen years with Sam, (a man with a equally successful career in the financial market,) a wonderful daughter, and cushy lifestyle. Then she get's breast cancer. Her husband emotionally jumps ship, it being too hard on him because his mother died of cancer or some crap like that. He's a total ass to her, practically blaming her for getting cancer, and eventually starts an affair with some English trollip. Prince Charming right?

However, Alex does not suffer alone. A younger colleague named Brock, who had a sister who suffered from cancer, comes to her rescue, supporting her through the chemo, and all it entails. Eventually, they get romantically involved.

Then things go downhill for Sam. It turns out his partners were involved in embezzling, and he's going down with them. His sexpot leaves him, and suddenly he wants Alex back. She resists for a while, but by the end of the book, takes him back. After Sam's treatment of her, it made this strong, intelligent woman look like a doormat.

Up until the ending, the book was great. It realistically protrayed breast cancer, and Alex was a character I was rooting for. I liked Brock, but thought they were too quick to get involved. I can't believe she let him go. He's the one who held he while she vomited, the one who saw the scar of her severed breast, bald head, and still thought she was beautiful. Meanwhile, her husband screwed around, but not before abandoning her in every way, and making the process way harder than it had to be. Yet Sam walks away with Alex in the end. Geez! What kind of example does that set?!