02332cam a2200301 i 4500 506738703 TxAuBib 20210715120000.0 200317s2021||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9780593414736 059341473X TxAuBib rda Nine Lives [large print] / Danielle Steel. First Edition. New York : Delacorte Press, 2021. 302 pages. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier After a carefree childhood, Mary Margaret Kelly came of age in the shadow of grief. Her father, a dashing daredevil Air Force pilot, died when she was nine. Maggie saw her mother struggle to put their lives back together. As the family moved from one city to the next, her mother warned her to beware of daredevil men and avoid risk at all cost.Following her mothers advice, and forgoing the magic of first love with a high school boyfriend who was too wild to feel safe, Maggie instead sought out all the things her mother had lost, a predictable partner, a stable home, and a regular paycheck. She chose to marry a dependable, kind man who was a reliable husband and successful accountant. Together they had a son and found happiness in a conventional suburban life. Until tragedy struck again.Now on her own, feeling a sense of adventure for the first time, Maggie decides to face her fears, setting off on a whirlwind trip from San Francisco to Rome, Paris, and Monaco. But when her travels reconnect her with the very same irresistible, thrill-seeking man shes spent thirty years trying to forget, Maggie becomes terrified that rushing into love and sharing his life may very well end in disaster. But ultimately, while Maggie tries to outrun her fears and painful memories of her past, fate will surprise her in the most astounding of ways, as she walks the tightrope between danger and courage, and between wisdom and love. 20210715. Mothers and Daughters Fiction. Life Change Events Fiction. Man-Woman Relationships Fiction. Self-Realization in Women Fiction. Large Type Books. Steel, Danielle, 1947-, Author.