Journey

Everyone knows Madeleine and Jack Hunter. Maddy is an
award-winning TV anchorwoman. Jack is the head of her
network. To the world theirs is a storybook marriage. But
behind the doors of their lush Georgetown home a different
story emerges. Maddy has always tried to deny Jack’s
subtle put-downs control and jealousy. She has no bruises
only the daggers of fear humiliation and isolation — as
powerful as the gun or the fist the wounds as deep. It
seems impossible that a woman the nation idolizes lives in
degradation and fear. Maddy’s secrets are well kept even
from herself. Maddy’s healing begins when she joins the
First Lady’s Commission on Violence Against Women. There
she hears eerily familiar stories from terrified wives and
girlfriends. And there she comes to know Bill Alexander a
distinguished diplomat. Bill suspects that something is
terribly wrong in Maddy’s marriage and begs her to open
her eyes. As she takes the first steps toward freedom a
remarkable series of events unfolds … a stranger from
Maddy’s past reappears … White House headlines bring the
nation to a standstill … and a devastating tragedy
forces Maddy to realize how much has been taken from her.
Faced with the most difficult choice of her life Maddy
finds a strength she never knew she had and a gift that
will change her life forever. With wisdom and compassion
bestselling novelist Danielle Steel reminds us that no one
is exempt from the effects of abuse in its subtlest forms.
But at its core Journey is a book about hope about change
and about daring to be free.