The Wedding

Danielle Steel

In Danielle Steel's forty-eighth bestselling novel, a Hollywood wedding sets the scene for a vivid portrayal of a prominent family whose hopes and fears are as real as our own. Simon Steinberg and Blaire Scott are among the most respected couples in Hollywood. Simon, a major movie producer, and Blaire, an award-winning television writer, have defied the Hollywood cliches, keeping their marriage together for decades. Then their children -- teenage aspiring model Samantha, prize-winning actor Scott, and entertainment lawyer Allegra -- are successful and happy, but must face the challenges we fear or tour own children as well. As an attorney for the stars, twenty-nine-year-old Allegra Steinberg is used to handling their celebrity clients through their tangled lives and loves, negotiating major movie deals, and fielding phone calls at all hours of the day and night. But with a career that consumes so much of her energy, Allegra has little time for a private life -- until a chance encounter with a New York writer nearly turns her world upside down. And suddenly, she must find herself planning a wedding at her parents' Bel Air home. As preparations begin for a September ceremony, the chaos of last-minute arrangements, surprise announcements, and ever-increasing anxiety brings out both the best and the worst in everyone. But as couples in each generation of the Steinberg family struggle with broken vows and new hopes, the real meaning of Allegra's wedding emerges: for the bride, the ceremony is a bridge between her past and her future. For her parents, it is a reminder of the bond that holds them all together. And for her families, it is an opportunity for reconciliation, forgiveness, and new hope for the future. The Wedding is a compelling portrait of real people in an unreal world, Danielle Steel uses Hollywood as a backdrop to reveal the dreams, the fears and the expectations of a ceremony that unites us all -- from movie starts to long-married couples to mothers, teenagers, and families for ever.