In His Father's Footsteps

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In His Father’s Footsteps by Danielle Steel takes us back to April 1945. Emmanuelle Berger and Jakob Stein are in Buchenwald when U.S. troops liberate the camp. Jakob had been in the concentration camp for five years and his entire family was exterminated. Emmanuelle was near death when the soldiers arrived. To avoid separation, the pair marry and relocate to America with the help from a sponsor. They work hard at labor intensive jobs and live in a small, dingy apartment on the Lower East Side. One day, Jakob meets Israel “Izzy” Horowitz, a diamond dealer, who offers him a job. Jakob learns the business quickly and is soon Izzy’s right hand man. As Jakob makes more money, he invests it into real estate. Jakob and Emmanuelle have a son, Max who they dote upon. Max attends the best schools with the determination that he will never struggle for money. Instead of following in his father’s footsteps after graduating from Harvard, Max wants to make his own way in the business world. He marries Julie Morgan at a lavish society wedding and installs her in a luxurious home with a large staff. Max is a successful business with a beautiful wife, extravagant home and children. However, he feels that he cannot have enough money and is constantly at work rarely seeing his wife and children. A tragedy makes Max see that he has a failing marriage and is setting a poor example for his children. While Max achieved the American dream, he neglected the basic lessons his father taught him. Can Max turn his life around? In His Father’s Footsteps is a well-written and engaging story. It is an emotional novel that takes us from horrific Buchenwald to the lavish Upper East Side. We follow our characters as they set out to achieve the American dream of becoming successful and having a family. Can you imagine living through the horrors of a concentration camp? It will indelibly leave its mark on a person as we see in this book. I could feel the characters emotions and struggles. The choices the characters made was based on their experiences. I thought the author captured the time period and the various settings. I admit that I enjoyed Emmanuelle and Jakob’s story better than Max’s. Max, though, was raised differently which caused him to make decisions that we may not like (or agree with) but were understandable. I appreciated the epilogue which nicely wraps up the book (we would expect no less from Danielle Steel). While there is some predictability to the story, it did not hinder my reading pleasure. I have been reading Danielle Steel’s books since I was twelve years old and I never get tired of reading her novels. I am giving In His Father’s Footsteps 4 out of 5 stars (I liked it).

Not her best and no tears while reading this one. Why are all her characters filthy rich?? It's getting tedious and of course they are always beautiful and never look their age. Plug into the real word please Danielle.

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Repetitious, predictable, and not up to Danielle Steele’s previous books. Sorry, and I’m a Danielle Steel fan. This one was disappointing.

This was Danielle Steels best book. It was honest, sad and exciting. It was a book you will be thinking about for a long time. The history was quite interesting and the closeness of the family pulled everyone together. I think this is the first Danielle Steel book that brought tears to me. I rate this book a deviate 5 Star.

I’m usually not a fan of Danielle Steele but I may be changing my mind after ready this book. It was really good and “hooked me” from the first paragraph. I enjoyed it very much.

First of all, I am a lifelong Danielle Steel fan. The characters in this latest opus are so real and likable, I absolutely did not want the book to end. I immediately fell in love with Emmanuelle and Jakob and Izzie. I learned a lot about Holocaust survivors sponsored to come to America right after the war. Thank you, Ms. Steel, for your thorough research. I am not kidding when I say that I did not want the book to end!