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Summary: A wonderful book for dancers and anyone alike
Review: Granny Dan is an awesome book! The way Danielle Steel describes Danina's life and story is remarkably detailed and intriguing. Anyone who has a passion for the ballet will love this book. Even if you aren't really a fan, you might still find Granny Dan to be a fantastic read. I am a dancer myself, and I flew through it. I read it in one sitting and once begun, couldn't stop until it was finished.
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Summary: An exception to Steel's bad writing!!!!
Review: I'm not at all a fan of Danielle Steel's writings but I actually found Granny Dan to be a good novel.Now let's face it--Steel is known for her soap operalike writing as a drama queen but Granny dan was a beautifully written novel about the life of a ballerina in Germany during WWI.I would recommend Granny Dan BUT if you're lookinf for a new favorite author-- look elsewhere.
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Summary: Granny Dan
Review: Granny Dan was one of Danielle Steel's finest books. The truth behind the life of her grandmother and the fiction to create a story that keeps your heart in the book the whole time. It begins by the start of a young girls life, Danina Petroskova, at the ballet. The ballet is her home, she grew up with the atomospere of dance. As she grows older she takes on a devastating illness. Her illness makes her realize there is another life not of the ballet, and how to love someone. Her mother-like figure, Madame Markova, tries desperately to keep Danina under her wing and stay with the ballet. Danina has to make a crucial decision for her future life. This book really kept me in the circle. I could very much relate, I used to dance and I thought it was everything in my life. As i grew older my interests changed as did Danina's. At a point in the middle, Danielle Steel had lost the detailed focus she had used in the beginning but it gained strength in the end. Her usage of words and the entire story plot was wonderful and exciting. If your looking for a book to keep your interest of the ballet and a heart warming story of love than this is it.
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Summary: Great love story
Review: A great love story with exciting characters and with ambitions worth noting. Kept me wanting more even with tears shed.
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Summary: Granny Dan by Danielle Steel
Review: Granny Dan by Danielle Steel ia and enchanting story of a Russian ballerina named Danina. Through her whole life she had danced and she became a Prema. As the story goes on Danina met a wonderful man named Nikola, and although he was married they planned to move away together. However Nikolai was the doctor of the Imperial Family, and she was a great friend of the family also. Nikaoli and Danina became very close, and eventually admitted to the fact that they truly loved each other. Granny Dan is a wonderful book that once you begin reading you can not put it down. This is a really great book for all people, however it is more appealing to women because Steel makes every girl's dream of being a beautiful and graceful ballerina a reality. Throughout the whole story Danielle Steel expresses many different emotions. This is a wonderful book and I highly recomend it. So in conclusion happy reading!!
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Summary: The Past
Review: "Granny Dan" is a story of a ballet dancer from Russia. This book takes place a long time ago, just prior and during Russia's first revolution.It's a love story between a dedicated ballet dancer and a man who never knew how love could be. Together they taught each other about love and the bonds love can have. This was a nice story, although somewhat normal in it's development. This is a typical love story, probably told many different times, just with different characters in different circumstances. What I liked about it, though, was the characters. They intrigued me as well as the life they lead in a time and place I know little about. This story, I think, has more underlining meaning though. The question is, do we really know anything about the elders in our lives? What kind of person they were before they were our grandparents or parents? And if we don't, then why not learn about them before it's too late? This was a heartwarming and somber story. But I loved it!!
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Summary: Better than Most!
Review: Once upon a time, I read every book that Danielle Steel put out, plus saw all the movies. Over time, they all began to run together with similar themes and predictable plots. I gave this book a chance, and found it to be better than most, but still quite predictable. Towards the end, it just seemed like she wanted to get it to print, and stopped putting the effort into it. Great detail in the first few chapters, but it loses motivation. I wish she had included more historic facts into the novel. Then it really could have been a learning lesson.
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Summary: Jo
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this novel by Danielle Steel. The characters were moving and the story was enchanting. The history made it all the more memorable.
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Summary: Enjoyable reading
Review: Although this wasn't one of Danielle Steel's greatest works, (I actually got through this one without crying) it was an enjoyable story that held my attention until I finished it.
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Summary: Where's the real Danielle Steel?
Review: I love Danielle Steel's books, at least I used to. I couldn't wait until a new one came out. Lately, I have been very disappointed in her style. Granny Dan was a very slow moving, boring book. I forced myself to read it, as I finish a book when I start one. It was hard to do so though. What happened to the Danielle Steel of a few years back? We want her back!!! I've told others not to waste their time reading this book. Hopefully Danielle will pick up her writing like she used to do. Is she trying to publish too many books, and therefore, not putting her "all" into them individually? Sorry Danielle, but this one is very lacking. A dissappointed fan....
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