Tour San Francisco: Pacific Heights". iNetours.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007 . Retrieved January 10, 2008.

Donnally, Trish (February 26, 1998). "A New Chapter in Steel Romance". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved April 19, 2007.In 2002, Steel was decorated by the French government as an Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, for her contributions to world culture. Sam Walker met Arthur Patterson in the midst of the mud and misery of the Italian campaign, and by the time World War II was over they were closer than brothers. Their friendship survives Arthur’s disastrous marriage and Sam’s multiple infidelities to a woman Arthur worshipped. Then, in a burst of seemingly inexplicable rage, Sam kills his wife and later commits suicide, leaving his three daughters destitute and homeless. Unable to provide for his friend’s offspring, Arthur allows the two younger children to be adopted and places the oldest, Hilary, in the care of Sam’s slovenly sister and her equally despicable husband. Williams, Lance (September 21, 1997). "Novelist Danielle Steel's son dies". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved April 19, 2007. Krug, Nora (July 2, 2015). "Danielle Steel: 'My books are more than a beach read' ". The Washington Post . Retrieved September 30, 2018. Megan grows up to be a strong girl who fights for what she believes in. The character was not adequately developed by Steele and she does remain a bit distant to the reader.

Membaca buku ini bagaikan naik roller-coaster. Naik, turun, naik, turun lagi. Naik-turunnya kehidupan yang terjadi pada sebuah keluarga. Dan semuanya terjadi dengan cepat. Wew.

Di masa tuanya, Arthur, yang divonis dokter tak bisa hidup lama lagi, meminta bantuan John Chapman. John, seorang pengacara yang mempunyai karir cemerlang, diminta melacak keberadaan kakak beradik tadi untuk selanjutnya dipertemukan kembali. The story features the events of each girl's life. Separated after the death of their parents, each one is raised quite differently.

When a beautiful young Frenchwoman and a brilliant American actor meet in wartime Paris, their love begins like a fairy tale but ends in tragedy. Suddenly orphaned, their three children are cruelly separated. Megan, the baby, adopted by a family of comfortable means, becomes a doctor in the rural Appalachia. Alexandra, raised in lavish wealth, marries a powerful man whose pride is in his pedigree and who assumes that Alexandra is her parents' natural offspring. Neither of them has the remotest suspicion that she is adopted, or what turbulent tragedy lurks in her past. And Hilary, oldest of the Walker children, remembers them all, and the grief that tore them apart and cast them into separate lives. Feeling the loss throughout her life, and unable to find her sisters, she builds an extraordinary career and has no personal life. After Quarantining in Paris For Over a Year, Author Danielle Steel Dreams of Dressing Up Again" . Retrieved September 23, 2021. Alexandra is extremely sweet, and could be anybody's small sister. She is the voice of reason among them and the only one who understands Hillary's pain and Megan's love for her father. She has an awful husband but gets through everything with her pride still intact and finds the love of her sisters again. Danielle Steel: People.com". January 10, 2011. Archived from the original on January 10, 2011 . Retrieved April 3, 2022.The story of Hillary makes you cry, the hardships that she goes through is extremely heart-wrenching and you feel sad for her, you understand all her fears, you understand why she never lets love inside her heart. a b c d e Segretto, Mike (2005). "Meet the Writers: Danielle Steel". Barnes and Noble . Retrieved April 19, 2007. a b Kennedy, Dana (December 20, 1996). "Steel Magnolia". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 2, 2007 . Retrieved April 19, 2007.