The Dark Side

The Dark Side is a powerful and unsettling novel of motherhood, loss, and the innocence of childhood from the world ‘ s favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel. Zoe Morgan was just ten years old when her life changed forever. Her sister, Rose, died of a rare illness, her parents turned into people she didn‘t know, and Zoe‘s lonely childhood drove her to focus only on her studies. As a graduate of Yale, Zoe takes a leave of absence from medical school to work in a shelter for abused children in New York. There she meets a well-known child advocacy attorney and is bowled over by his charm and dedication to his cause. He is her first love and the man she marries. Austin and Zoe have a perfect life and feel their family is complete when a baby daughter arrives. But it is only then that the devastating psychological impact of her sister‘s death comes out - and affects their lives in a way that nobody could ever have imagined. Will Zoe‘s obsession with motherhood tear her family apart?