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Coming Out Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Danielle Steel (Author), David Garrison (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)
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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, and a debutante ball becomes a catalyst for change, revelation, acceptance, and love.

In a novel that is by turns profound, poignant, moving, and warmly funny, Danielle Steel tells the story of an extraordinary family–finding new ways of letting go, stepping up, and coming out...in the ways that matter most.


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  1. Listening Length
    4 hours and 4 minutes
  2. Author
    Danielle Steel
  3. Narrator
    David Garrison
  4. Audible release date
    June 26, 2006
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Random House Audio
  7. ASIN
    B000GHMWI0
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 4 hours and 4 minutes
Author Danielle Steel
Narrator David Garrison
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date June 26, 2006
Publisher Random House Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B000GHMWI0
Best Sellers Rank #133,809 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#1,331 in Fiction Sagas
#4,746 in Women's Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#6,845 in Family Saga Fiction

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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Cute But I Won’t Remember It
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Cute But I Won’t Remember It
Meet Olympia a middle aged society woman who is in her second marriage to her wonder husband Harry. She has 4 children total, 3 from a previous marriage. At the beginning of the book we learn her husband is a Judge and a Jew, his mother is also a Holocaust survivor.Wishing a couple chapters of the book she receives an invitation to the Debutant Ball, the same one she and her mother had gone to years before, for her twin daughters.Through the book we see the differences in families and how your view on life (whether due to upbringing, politics, friends, religion, or job) can affect how you handle a situation but remembering that you are family is important.For me this was a cute and fun read. Olympia and her grace under fire made me smile.
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Lori Bingham
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2018
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I learned many things from this book. I didn't realize what went into coming out and that there were people excluded from it. This was very eye opening (even if some embellishments added.) It has given me a lot to think about.
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Ron
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Read! Can't wait for the next one !!
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2015
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I read Susan Bird's first book "Unhinged Fences" last year. I was really looking forward to her second book in the
trilogy of Sunday O'Neil's life. I wasn't disappointed ! I thoroughly enjoyed this new novel and was extremely
impressed by Ms. Bird's in depth depiction of each character. My only disappointment was the end !! Now I
can't wait to read her third novel !! I can't imagine delving into the world of being a first time author and Susan Bird
has done an exemplary job !! Kudos to her !!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this story!!!
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2017
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I am still smiling! What a lovely story of family, faith, love & hope! Showing a combined family, with all its ups and downs, coming together when it really counted! Showing everyone how easy it is to welcome new and different ideas and lifestyles, if only we are willing and able to drop our defenses and prejudices, and opens our hearts and minds!
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Colleen Leisch
3.0 out of 5 stars A typical Danielle Steel novel!
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2022
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It wasn’t a matter of liking or disliking it but it just didn’t take me there! She must have written it in much too much of a hurry. It was a roller coaster ride but you never knew if you were up or down. Very disjointed.
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Patricia Maxwell
5.0 out of 5 stars Teriffic book to be read
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2020
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Great read. I had a hard time putting it down. Danielle is one of the greats. I read her much more than anyone else.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2021
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I guess that we all have a coming out at some point in our lives. Sometimes revealing small things and other times large happenings.
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Laura Meyer
4.0 out of 5 stars Coming Out!
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2022
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I have long been a Danielle Steel fan but hadn’t read any of her books lately. Although I enjoy her Historical Fiction much more, this was interesting. Not coming from a “blue” bloodline, I didn’t understand the process of a Coming Out ball. I found it interesting, if a little old-fashioned.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Coming Out
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2016
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A touching story about the love, trials, and tribulations that a blended, multi-faith family shares. As if having twin girls entering into college wasn't enough, Danielle Steel puts just enough twists in it to make it hard to put down. She's done it again, another winner, but then again, what else do we expect...
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Jo
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2023
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Another great book by Danielle Steel. Couldn't put it down
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Pauline Smith
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Reviewed in Germany on May 14, 2021
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Thoroughly enjoyed this book
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Julie
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book.
Reviewed in Canada on October 17, 2019
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in India on June 18, 2017
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Good
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Australia on April 20, 2017
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Great holiday read
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