Far from Home

De: Danielle Steel

Narrado por: Jim Frangione

#1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel delivers an exciting and moving historical novel about a courageous wife and mother hiding in occupied France.

In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris. Half French, half German, she is happy to be back in France, where her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel, will join her soon from Germany. Arielle and Gregor have thus far been able to hide their private opposition to Hitler.

Then her world falls apart. She receives word that Gregor was part of Operation Valkyrie, a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in Poland, and has been shot as a traitor. Now, holding a French passport handed to her by another high-level collaborator, she is whisked away from Paris under cover of darkness for her own safety.

As the Allies storm the beaches, she goes into hiding in a small village in Normandy under an assumed name, unable to contact her adult children. There, she forms a friendship with Sebastien Renaud, whose wife and daughter were deported in 1941, and who eventually reveals himself as a forger in the Resistance. As war rages on, Arielle and Sebastien work for the Resistance and hold out for the time when they can search for their loved ones.

In Far From Home, Danielle Steel captures the devastation of World War II with a sweeping story of family love that transcends impossible odds.

©2025 Danielle Steel (P)2025 Recorded Books

Danielle Steel has done it again!

Another wonderful novel from Danielle of wartime France and Germany with losses and romance.

Fantastic

I love Danielle Steel. I wish she would get different reader than the male she always uses. But I like the book!

The way the story held my attention the story was awesome. It was hard to stop listening and I finished it quickly.

The entire story was absolutely great. I loved this book!! The details written about the death camps and truly all the issues of the war were expressed so well you felt you were there!! Excellent job as always!!!

great listen

Another great book. Enjoyed listening, wish there might of been a few more twists. On to the next one.

Far From Home

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I loved the characters in the story. It was an easy read with many twists and turns. It was another view of the war. The characters were amazing. I did enjoy the story!

The empathy in the readers voice.

I liked the details of the story. I didn't dislike anything. It was a very moving story.

Well written

Enjoyed the story. Danielle Steel tells a historical drama with insight that helps one understand the importance of going beyond what’s comfortable, doing the right thing no matter the cost, and praying for the best outcome.

Disappointment

I love Danielle Steel, but I could not get into this one. Not her best!

Barely even a story here…

I’ve been a DS fan since the beginning and have read them all. Her early books were amazing but she’s lost that edge now and just skirts by pushing out low quality repetitive books one after the other. All the while banking on her old reputation which seems to work for her. Of late I’ve read some fantastic historical fiction books and once you read a Kristen Hannah or Kristen Harmel then a DS becomes annoyingly simple. This ‘historical fiction’ just barely skims the surface of historical content… barely.

Not much

Too predictable,her books are always the same and sometimes are downright corny, never leave you wondering