Coming Out

By: Danielle Steel

Narrated by: David Garrison

Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Olympia Crawford Rubinstein has a busy legal career, a solid marriage, and a way of managing her thriving family with grace, humor, and boundless energy. With twin daughters finishing high school, a son at Dartmouth, and a kindergartner from her second marriage, there seems to be no challenge to which Olympia cannot rise. Until one sunny day in May, when she opens an invitation for her daughters to attend the most exclusive coming-out ball in New York and chaos erupts all around her. One twin's excitement is balanced by the other's outrage; her previous husband's profound snobbism is in sharp contrast to her current husband's flat refusal to attend.

For Olympia's husband, Harry, whose parents survived the Holocaust, the idea of a blue-blood debutante ball is abhorrent. Her daughter Veronica, a natural-born rebel, agrees, while Veronica's identical twin, Virginia, is already shopping for the perfect dress. Then there's Olympia's ex, an insufferable snob, who sees the ball as the perfect opportunity for a family feud. And amid all the hubbub, Olympia's college-age son, Charlie, is facing a turning point in his life, and may need his mother more than ever. But despite it all, Olympia is determined to steer her family through the event until, just days before the cotillion, things begin to unravel with alarming speed.

From a son's crisis to a daughter's heartbreak, from a case of the chicken pox to a political debate raging in her household, Olympia is on the verge of surrender. And that is when, in a series of startling choices and changes of heart, family, friends, and even a blue-haired teenager all find a way to turn a night of calamity into an evening of magic. As old wounds are healed, barriers are shattered, and new traditions are born, a debutante ball becomes a catalyst for change, revelation, acceptance, and love.

©2006 Danielle Steel (P)2006 Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Steel sticks to what she knows best." (Booklist)

Wonderful

Danielle Steel is great! Liked this book like all the others.

Good and Quick

A good quick story to pass the time. It's not the most dynamic story but it's light-hearted and nice

Made me laugh… Great thing to do right now

I don’t know why this book received such low stars but it tickled my fancy and made me laugh

Highly Recommend

I have listened to this story several times. The narrator was easy to listen to and the story was timeless.

Coming Out

I did enjoy the story,very interesting. My critique is that I could of done without the cursing. Didnt think it was needed.

Another great book by Danielle S!teel

fantastic fast moving story she never disapoints can't wait to purchase another one of her books on audible

Awesome novel as usual!

I've read many of her novels and she didn't let me down this time either..

Disappointed

I couldn't get past the first couple of pages the writing and language was so bad. It was too painful and every time the same over effusive gushes issued forth I winced. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone who cares about the English language but if you are just in it for background listening while you are trying to go to sleep it might serve some purpose.

Nice one!

Interesting and well read

I'm not a 6 year old

Garrison reads as though he is entertaining a group of 6-year-olds. He raises his voice at the end of sentences and seems to feel the need to emphasis every point he comes across. I wasn't the inane nature of the story that made me quit reading this book, it was his reading of this book!