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Mirror Image
Mirror Image | Danielle Steel
5 posts | 14 read | 6 to read
To look at one was to see the other. For family, even the girls' own father, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the surprise was overwhelming. And for the twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson, two remarkable young women coming of age at the turn of the century, their bond was mysterious, marvelous, and often playful--a secret realm only they inhabited. Olivia and Victoria were the beloved daughters of a man who never fully recovered from his wife's death bearing them in 1893. Shy, serious Olivia, born eleven minutes before her sister, had taken over the role of mother in their lush New York estate, managing not only a household but her rebellious twin's flights of fancy. Free-spirited Victoria wanted to change the world. She embraced the women's suffrage movement and dreamed of sailing to war-torn Europe. Then, in the girls' twenty-first year, as the first world war escalated overseas, a fateful choice changed their lives forever. It began when Victoria's life was about to become a public scandal. It led to a painful decision, and brought handsome lawyer Charles Dawson into the Henderson's life and family. Hand-picked by the twins' father to save his daughter's reputation, Charles was still mourning his wife's death aboard the Titanic, struggling to raise his nine year-old son alone, determined never to lose his heart again. Charles wanted to believe that, for the sake of his son, he could make an unwanted marriage work. But in an act of deception that only Olivia and Victoria could manage, the twins took an irrevocable step, which changed both their lives forever; and took one of the twins to the battlefields of France, the other into a marriage she longed for but could not have. From Manhattan society to the trenches of war-ravaged France, Mirror Image moves elegantly and dramatically through a rich and troubled era. With startling insight, Danielle Steel explores women's choices: between home and adventure, between the love for family and the passion for a cause, between sacrifice and desire. But at the heart of Mirror Image is a fascinating, realistic portrait of identical twins, two vastly different sisters who lead their lives and follow their destinies against a vivid backdrop of a world at war. From the Paperback edition.
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Born.A.Reader
Mirror Image | Danielle Steel
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1. The forest had become a labyrinth of snow and ice.
2. Everything in the house shown as the sun streamed in through the long French windows.
3. My mother drove me to the airport with the windows rolled down.
4. The sound of the birds outside was muffled by the heavy brocade curtains of Henderson Manor as Olivia Henderson pushed aside a lock of dark hair and continued her careful inventory of her father's china.
@monalyisha #firstlines
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Born.A.Reader 5. The first time I saw the demon was in a vision, a vision brought on by chewing the drug hazia. 4mo
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Born.A.Reader
Mirror Image | Danielle Steel
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#twins #Springskies
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
One of my favorite Steel books, set around the time of WWI, Oliva and Victoria Henderson are identical twins, with very different personalities and desires. One fateful decision in their 21st year, changes the course of both their lives.

Born.A.Reader I have 3 or 4 Steel favorites and they were all written in the 80s, back when her books had historical substance and weren't ghost written. I like her books now, but mostly I consider them a pallet cleanser, as they're vastly different from her earlier works. 9mo
Eggs I‘ve really liked quite a few of them but I‘m fairly new to Steel. Many are meh. Thanks for the tip about the 80s ones. 9mo
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Mirror Image | Danielle Steel
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👏🏻📚💕 7y
vkois88 Haven't heard of this one 7y
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emilyesears
Mirror Image | Danielle Steel
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Mr. Book listed DS as author of the day awhile back & it got me thinking about my fave DS novel. I read this multiple times as a middle schooler. It‘s the ridiculous, implausible story of 2 twins, Olivia & Victoria, who are totally identical except for 1 freckle. They switch places for 2 yrs w/o anyone knowing. V becomes a nurse in WWI while O pretends to be married to V‘s husband (which is lucky because she‘s been in love with him forever)!