Invisible

Antonia had a horrible childhood.  She grew up with a narcissistic mother who aspired to be an actress and a father who worked night and day.  She was raised by babysitters and shown no love whatsoever.  Her father resented her mother, who had aspirations to be an actress, who abandoned the family when Antonia was a child.  As she was growing up, Antonia had no contact with her mother.

She wants to be a writer of screenplays.  This displeases her father as he thinks she really wants to be an actress as her mother.  After Antonia finishes high school, she goes to college at NYU and has interesting summer internships in the film industry. She has a wonderful friend in college and begins to see what loving family looks like.  

Can Antonia find love in her life?  Will she achieve a career as a screenwriter?  Who will mentor her?  It's all vey intriguing.  It is amazing that Antonia is strong enough to not let the lack of love she experienced in life deter her in any way.  

Who doesn't love a Danielle Steel book?  I love the main character of a strong woman, like Antonia, who overcomes such diversity.

Thanks NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to review this book.