Product Description

Danielle Steel takes us beyond the dazzle of Hollywood in her compelling new novel – the story of one woman's intoxicating journey from suburban mom to award-winning screenwriter...
and all the joy, heartbreak, and impossible choices along the way.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #486904 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

From the Inside Flap
The phone call came on a hot July day – a day like any other for Marin County mom and freelance writer Tanya Harris. But this call – from Tanya’s agent – was anything but ordinary, offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: the chance to write a major Hollywood screenplay, a dream she had put aside long ago to devote her energies to her family. This time, Tanya knows she cannot refuse, even though she’s torn about leaving her husband and their daughters. From the moment she steps into her lush bungalow at the fabled Beverly Hills Hotel, Tanya is thrust into an intoxicating new world where she feels reborn – energized by the creativity swirling around her – yet the pull of her family at home is strong.

Suddenly she’s working alongside A-list actors and a Hollywood legend: Oscar-winning producer Douglas Wayne, a man who always gets what he wants – and who seems to have his sights set on her. Flying home between shoots, struggling to reconnect with a family that seems to need her less and less, Tanya watches helplessly as her old life is pulled out from under her in the most crushing of ways.

As her two lives collide, as one award-winning film leads to another, Tanya begins to wonder if she can be a wife, a mother, and a writer at the same time. And just as she confronts the toughest choice she has faced, she is offered another dazzling opportunity – one that could recast her story in an amazing new direction, complete with an ending she never could have written herself.

In Bungalow 2, Danielle Steel takes us into a world few ever see – a world of fame and fortune, celebrity and genius – daring to show us the real lives, real dreams, and real struggles hidden beneath the flash and glitter of Hollywood.

From the Back Cover
Beyond the dazzle of Hollywood…

As she checks into the lush Beverly Hills Hotel, Tanya Harris dreads being away from her husband and three teenage children. She is here to do a major screenplay after years of always putting her family first.Tanya is amazed at what she finds in her luxury suite: lilies, orchids and roses, a pink marble tub, her favourite chocolates, a cashmere robe, and slippers that fit perfectly. Things are going to be different in Bungalow 2.

From her first day on the set, Tanya is thrust into an intoxicating new world. Suddenly she's working with a Hollywood legend: Oscar-winning producer Douglas Wayne…and he seems to have his sights set on her. As her family needs her less and less, Tanya watches helplessly as her old life is pulled out from under her in the most crushing of ways. Then she is offered another dazzling opportunity – with an ending she never could have written herself.

About the Author
Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over 560 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include Sisters, H.R.H., The House, Toxic Bachelors, Miracle, Impossible, Echoes, Second Chance, Ransom and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death. Visit the Danielle Steel website at www.daniellesteel.com.

Customer Reviews

Boring
I found this book very boring and repetitive. ds seems to do no research in her books no unlike earlier ones e.g.
Message from Nam.

Disappointing
The jacket flap says the reader will be taken to a world of fame and fortune, celebrity and genius,and the glitter of Hollywood.... The wrong story must have been included. I did not get any sense of the film world, it was just about a wife and mothers choice to persue a career and the affect it had on the family. I think Ms. Steel has lost the plot. In fact it feels like someone else is writing for her. It doesn't have the same flow as previous novels of hers. This book is so boring. She repeats facts about the characters many times even on the same page. I felt that I was reading her notes that had been cut and pasted into place. The 338 pages could be condensed into less than 100 with no loss of plot. Half way through the book and I still did not know where the story was going, neither did I care really, so I gave up. Which is a shame because I have enjoyed reading all her books, but have been very disappointed with the later ones. Do any other DS fans feel the same?

Don't bother!
This book tells a story. An exciting story for the main character, not so exciting for the reader.

Whether housewife cum writer Tanya is comparable with Cinderella, Snowwhite, Alice in Wonderland or a melange of the three, is hard to say. Anyway, the lovely, youngish-looking, blessedly content wife and mother of three from San Francisco, suddenly finds herself presented with an offer to write a movie script for one of the most important - and exciting! - film directors in Hollywood. Overnight what has for years been a bit of work on the side, turns into a career opportunity beyond Tanya's wildest dreams.

The glitter and fascination of Hollywood, which Tanya is certain she can control, is soon working its magic and Tanya's world is turned upside down. Will it ever be possible to return to her old life? Or if not, where does her new life lead her? (Of course, her innocent freshness sweeps all the important guys off their feet, so choices are plenty...)

"Bungalow 2" is a pretty boring book. Especially are the first 100 pages or so extremely repetitive. The decision as to whether Tanya should accept the Hollywoood offer is discussed in great detail within the family, page after page. Day and night Tanya analyzes her big chance, her choices and duties - in spite of an AWFUL LOT of money... While all the time the reader knows that Tanya is going to Bungalow 2, Bel Air Hotel in LA and that BIG changes are about to take place.

It gets a little bit more fun later. Predictable, but refreshingly naughty as Tanya gets the hang of life in the movie metropol.

If you get through the first quarter of the book, you will probably manage to finish it.

Actually one star, the second for the naughtiness!