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As someone at among New York's most prestigious lawyers, Alexandra Parker barely manages to juggle husband, career, and the three-year-old child she gave birth to at forty.  But Alex seems blessed with her life and happy marriage--until lightning hits her.  Suddenly a routine medical check-up turns her world inverted when tests reveal shattering news.Sam Parker is just a star vc, a Wall Street whiz-kid, and is really as proud of his long-time marriage to Alex as he's of his successful career.  As a significant player in New York's financial world, Mike can be used to being in control--until he is caught off-guard by Alex's illness.  Terrified of losing his wife and family, and haunted by ghosts from his past, Sam is not able to supply any type of emotional support to Alex.Unable to handle her needs, Sam takes his distance from her, and almost immediately she and Sam become strangers.  As lightning hits them but again, Sam's promising career suddenly explodes in tragedy, and his very life and identity are challenged.  With their whole future hanging in the total amount, Alex must decide what she feels for Sam, if life will ever function as the same for them again, or if she must Move ahead without him.What occurs to people when every part of the lives and wellbeing is endangered?  In Lightning, Danielle Steel tells the story of a household thrust into uncertainty and examines if the bonds of love and marriage can withstand life's most unexpected bolts of lightning.