Legacy

First time in paperback!

This compelling, centuries-spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown.LEGACYAt the age of thirty-eight, Brigitte Nicholson has a job she likes, a man she loves, and a book she s writing that she will finish someday. Someday is Brigitte s watchword. Someday she and Ted will clarify their relationship. Someday she will stop playing it so safe. Then, on a snowy day in Boston, Brigitte s life is jolted and everything she has counted on changes. As she struggles to plot a new course, Brigitte agrees to help her mother on a family genealogy project and makes a stunning discovery that reaches back to the French aristocracy. How did Brigitte s mysterious ancestor Wachiwi, a Dakota Sioux, travel from the Great Plainsto the French court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? How did she come to marry into Brigitte s family? What is the truth behind the tantalizing clues in the fragmented, centuries-old records? Traveling from South Dakota to Paris, following the threads of Wachiwi s life, Brigitte finds herself in the forefront of her own story. With a powerful family legacy coming to life around her, someday is no longer in the future. Instead, in Danielle Steel s mesmerizing novel, someday is now.