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A properly and truly balanced view of the public persona of Angela Lansbury: a lady who had always dreamed to become an actress...And finally, did-in a good-natured and much-needed for us (and perhaps-for her) a TV series " Murder, she wrote". It indulges us in good steady moral zone and sense of trust in proper judgment of character... in ansamble of very good actors team who "have her back" It shows the undying support of her wonderful and generous Husband Peter S. Shaw and the director who truly "saw" her natural talent to "be herself" And after long exhausting years of mostly failed try-outs on stage and in film, Ms. Angela Lansbury finally finds herself in balance with herself, family and the public as a whole Person: mature and wiser, and totally appreciated by all !

It seems, that the author has good intentions towards solving problems for patients with severe unsolved chronic physical and/or a nervous system illnesses. But naming (tagging) his desires to elevate them as "Pivots" doesn't make sense: since the word doesn't exist as is... ! A pivotal decision-making strategy is another way to express his desires, entirely... and should be used here, instead. So the work is about trying to Make the best decision when you're in pain and there is no professional-doctor's help available to you as a patient, suffering pain for a long time, to help you solve them with you and for you. And the author's idea in this situation: is to find solace within your family/friends' circle or perhaps, meditating... So the book is pacifying, but not practical or helpful. To me, at least.

Truly unsuccessful novel, unfortunately. Unnatural and pretentious plot and characters. Unlikely developments in their lives and reactions to deaths in their family. I am a great admirer of Ms. Danielle Steel books, old and new ones, but this one had been a very low point in her creative career.

The happiness, that seems unreachable, finally comes...after a long hard and unpleasant tries to a woman with strange and wicked childhood and youth...But who manages through hard work, a few, but devoted friends and psychiatric help to see the light at the end of her road....At her ripe age of 50s. A wonderful and extremely relevant and needed story; almost leavable today, except for a "small" difference in magnitude of money inheritance by the heroine and her lovely fiance's title. The story is marvelously written. The only "slips" is when the author uses curse in a few places. I am vehemently against it ! One should Never do that ! Every emotion can be expressed without the use of violence.

A case of the murder of impotent schizophrenic. His wife is actually the tormentor and thus his murderer, but not technically. And thus goes unpunished while truly belonging to prison. Her sister, after manipulating too much in order to save the husband, suffers caught red-handed on a spot. The mystery has some resemblance of Dostoevsky method of "translating" of thinking about the human nature... The book is extremely unpleasant in its physical details but the route of intelligent thought is there.