Product Description

Meredith Stratton, at forty-four the owner of six elegant international inns, is about to celebrate her daughter's engagement. At this seemingly happy time in her life she begins to suffer from a strange illness that baffles everyone. Her doctor cannot find a physical cause for her debilitating symptoms, and, desperate for answers, she seeks the help of a psychiatrist. Through therapy Meredith peels back the layers of her life to discover the truth behind her most careful creation - herself. Determined to get well, Meredith traces her roots back to another country where she learns about childhood experiences that dramatically changed her life. What she discovers is not only the key to the past but to her future happiness and fulfilment as a woman. Moving from the Connecticut countryside, the busy streets and suites of London, Paris and New York, to the pastoral beauty of a chateau in the Loire, Her Own Rules is an exciting and suspenseful novel about secrets, survival, redemption and love.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #228013 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Review
'Barbara Taylor Bradford is a wonderful storyteller who can convey the power of love. The warmth and compassion of her tale brought tears to my jaded old eyes.' Sunday Express

About the Author
Barbara Taylor Bradford was born and raised in England. She started her writing career on the Yorkshire Evening Post and later worked as a journalist in London. Her first novel, A Woman of Substance, became an enduring bestseller and was followed by twenty-three others, including the bestselling Harte series. In 2006 The Ravenscar Dynasty began an epic new family series around Ravenscar and the house of Deravenel. Barbara's books have sold more than eighty-one million copies worldwide in more than ninety countries and forty languages. In October of 2007, Barbara was appointed an OBE by the Queen for her services to literature. She lives in New York City with her husband, television producer Robert Bradford.

Customer Reviews

FANTASTIC
Over the years I've read a lot of Barbara's books, (and will be placing other online reviews of her works).

This novel follows the story of Marygold/Meredith, she returns to England where she was originally from before she was adopted and then raised in America. She desperately wants to find where her real mother's grave is but can't find it, she then tries to trace where her mother was buried and she gets a surprise with what she finds out!! Whilst in England she also falls in love with a beautiful stately home which she decided to buy as she wants to renovate it to its former glory.
That's all I'm going to say as I know you'll enjoy this novel and I really don't want to spoil it for you.

By the way if you love the novel, it was also made into a film which is also worth seeing. :-)

I really enjoyed this novel; I found it a compelling read. :-)