“This compelling, centuries-spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women–a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown.”
LEGACY
At the age of thirty-eight, Brigitte Nicholson has a job she likes, a man she
loves, and a book she's writing that she will finish–someday. "Someday "is
Brigitte's watchword. Someday she and Ted will clarify their relationship.
Someday""she will stop playing it so safe. Then, on a snowy day in Boston,
Brigitte's life is jolted and everything she has counted on changes. As she
struggles to plot a new course, Brigitte agrees to help her mother on a family
genealogy project and makes a stunning discovery that reaches back to the French
aristocracy. How did Brigitte's mysterious ancestor Wachiwi, a Dakota Sioux,
travel from the Great Plains to the French court of Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette? How did she come to marry into Brigitte's family? What is the truth
behind the tantalizing clues in the fragmented, centuries-old records? Traveling
from South Dakota to Paris, following the threads of Wachiwi's life, Brigitte
finds herself in the forefront of her own story. With a powerful family legacy
coming to life around her, someday is no longer in the future. Instead, in
Danielle Steel's mesmerizing novel, someday is now.