In Danielle
Steel`s riveting novel, three women raised by their father on a sprawling
California ranch now confront difficult truths about their past.
Decades
ago, after the death of his wife, Texas ranch hand JT Tucker took his three
small daughters to California to start a new life. With almost no money, a will
of iron, and hard work, he eventually built the biggest ranch in California.
But when he dies suddenly at the age of sixty-four, the ranch is inherited by
his three daughters`each of them finding it impossible to believe that this
larger-than-life figure is gone from their lives.
JT`s
relationship with each daughter was entirely different. Caroline, the youngest
and most reserved, was overlooked by her father for her entire life and fled to
become a wife, mother, and writer in Marin County. Gemma, his declared
favorite, sought out Hollywood glamour and success and became a major
television star. Kate, the eldest, stayed at home with her father to do his
bidding as a ranch hand, without thanks or praise, forsaking marriage and a
family of her own for the love of him.Now, upon
JT`s death, the paper trail he leaves behind begins to reveal much more than
the three sisters ever guessed about who he really was. It will turn their
world upside down, and each of them must grapple with a new reality,
strengthening their relationships with one another, and discovering who they
are now as grown women, in spite of him.
Set against
the magnificent backdrop of the West and the drama of a family in turmoil,
Daddy`s Girls is the story of three remarkable women and their unique bond to
each other`the daughters of a complex, many-faceted, domineering father who
left his mark on each of them.