Echoes (novel)
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Echoes is a 2004
novel, authored by Danielle Steel
and published by Random House
in October 2004. The book is Steel's sixty-fourth novel.
Amadea, a Carmelite nun is forced into hiding as her friends disappear without a trace. As she flees and crosses the country ravaged by war, she falls for a British secret agent Rupert Montgomery. In love, Amadea begins to understand the ways of life and how love can echo through the generations.
2004 in literature
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novel, authored by Danielle Steel
Danielle Steel
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel , better known as Danielle Steel, is an American romantic novelist and author of mainstream dramas....
and published by Random House
Random House
Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
in October 2004. The book is Steel's sixty-fourth novel.
Synopsis
In the summer of 1915, Beata Wittgenstein falls in love with a young French officer and follows her heart to be with him against the wishes of her Jewish Catholic family. As the war threatens her husband and daughter, Amadea, Beata' views of the future change.Amadea, a Carmelite nun is forced into hiding as her friends disappear without a trace. As she flees and crosses the country ravaged by war, she falls for a British secret agent Rupert Montgomery. In love, Amadea begins to understand the ways of life and how love can echo through the generations.