Safe Harbour (novel)

Last updated
Safe Harbour
Book Cover Of Safe Harbour.jpg
First edition
Author Danielle Steel
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Delacorte Press
Publication date
November 2003
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages336 pp
ISBN 978-0-385-33630-7
OCLC 49875190
813/.54 21
LC Class PS3569.T33828 S34 2003

Safe Harbour is a novel written by Danielle Steel and published by Random House in November 2003. The book is Steel's sixty-first novel. It was adapted into a direct-to-DVD film.

Danielle Steel American author of romance novels

Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel is an American writer, best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling author alive and the fourth bestselling fiction author of all time, with over 800 million copies sold. She has written 179 books, including over 146 novels.

Random House general-interest trade book publisher

Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. As of 2013, it is part of Penguin Random House, which is jointly owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann and British global education and publishing company Pearson PLC.

<i>Safe Harbour</i> (film) 2007 film by Bill Corcoran

Safe Harbour is a 2007 American direct-to-video film directed by Bill Corcoran, based upon the 2003 novel of the same name by Danielle Steel.

Contents

Synopsis

At eleven, Pip Mackenzie has experienced such tragedy leaving her mother inconsolable. As she wanders the beach while her mother is shut up indoors, she stumbles upon Matt Bowles. An artist and divorcee, Pip reminds him of his daughter and they strike up an unusual friendship. Her mother, a French woman named Ophélie, is sceptical at first but soon discovers that Matt has lit up both of their lives.

When the summer comes to an end, Ophélie and Pip leave for the city but find life without Matt painful. As Ophélie begins a volunteer job at a city outreach program for the homeless, she tries to begin the long process of healing. But as she is betrayed in the worst way, Matt appears and allows her to be herself and finally see a way through the mist of Safe Harbour.

The novel ends with Matt and Ophélie's wedding in the beach with Pip as the witness at Safe Harbour.

List of characters

Ophélie MacKenzie

Mother of Pip who is depressed after the death of her son, Chad and her husband, Ted.

Phillippa Mackenzie

Daughter of Ophélie Mackenzie who befriends Matt at Safe Harbour

Matthew Bowles

A lonely divorcee who befriends Pip at Safe Harbour

Andrea Wilson

Ophélie's best friend, a godmother of Pip.

Ted MacKenzie

Ophélie's late husband who died in a plane crash, having left an enormous fortune of his energy inventions

William

Andrea's infant son

Footnotes

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/steel/bookshelf/display.pperl?isbn=9780385336307


    Related Research Articles

    <i>The Pursuit of Love</i>

    The Pursuit of Love is a novel by Nancy Mitford, first published in 1945. It is the first in a trilogy about an upper-class English family in the interwar period. Although a comedy, the story has tragic overtones.

    Irene Adler fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories

    Irene Adler is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. She was featured in the short story "A Scandal in Bohemia", published in July 1891. She is one of the most notable female characters in the Sherlock Holmes series, despite appearing in only one story. In derivative works, she is frequently used as a romantic interest for Holmes, a departure from Doyle's novels, in which he harbors a platonic admiration for her wit and cunning.

    Estella (<i>Great Expectations</i>) character in the Charles Dickens novel “Great Expectations”

    Estella Havisham is a significant character in the Charles Dickens novel, Great Expectations.

    <i>Where the Heart Is</i> (novel) book by Billie Letts

    Where the Heart Is is a 1995 novel by Billie Letts. It was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in December 1998. A 2000 film of the same name was directed by Matt Williams, starring Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd and Stockard Channing.

    <i>Palace Walk</i> 1956 Book by Nagib Mahfuz

    Palace Walk is a novel by Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, and the first installment of Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy. Originally published in 1956 with the title Bayn al-qasrayn, the book was translated into English in 1990. The setting of the novel is Cairo during and just after World War I.

    Mackenzie Browning

    Mackenzie Browning is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The role is presently portrayed by Kelly Kruger, who portrayed the role from February 19, 2002, to July 1, 2003; she returned to the role on March 28, 2018. Previously, the role was portrayed by Ashley Bashioum, Rachel Kimsey and Clementine Ford.

    This article details the storylines that took place on the New Zealand Soap Opera Shortland Street in the year 1999.

    <i>A Bridge to Wisemans Cove</i> book by James Moloney

    A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove (1996) is a novel by Australian author James Moloney. The novel features the life of a 15-year-old boy, Carl Matt, and his dysfunctional family, who begin to suffer from physical and emotional problems after his mother's disappearance.

    Hiram na Mukha is a Philippine television series aired by ABS-CBN. Based on the 1992 film of the same name. It is the second installment of Sineserye Presents.

    Venus Rising is a 1995 erotic science fiction film directed by Leora Barish and Edgar Michael Bravo and starring Billy Wirth, Audie England, Costas Mandylor and Morgan Fairchild.

    <i>Return from the Ashes</i> 1965 film by J. Lee Thompson

    Return from the Ashes is a 1965 British thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Ingrid Thulin, Maximilian Schell, Samantha Eggar and Herbert Lom. It is based on a novel by French crime writer Hubert Monteilhet, adapted for film by prolific screenwriter Julius J. Epstein. The novel would also serve as the source material for the 2014 German film Phoenix, directed by Christian Petzold, though the latter film makes multiple changes to the book's elements and concerns itself solely with the plot to reclaim an inheritance.

    <i>Let the Great World Spin</i> book by Colum McCann

    Let the Great World Spin is a novel by Colum McCann set mainly in New York City in the United States. The book won the 2009 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, one of the most lucrative literary prizes in the world. Its title comes from the poem "Locksley Hall" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

    <i>Safe Haven</i> (film) 2013 film by Lasse Hallström

    Safe Haven is a 2013 American romantic drama fantasy thriller film starring Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel and Cobie Smulders. The film marks the final film role for actor Red West. It was released theatrically in North America on February 14, 2013. The film was directed by Lasse Hallström, and is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' 2010 novel of the same name. The film was originally set for a February 8 release.

    Love Anthony is a novel by American writer Lisa Genova. The hardcover was released in September 2012 and the paperback was released in April 2013 to coincide with Autism Awareness Month. Set in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Love Anthony is a story about a mother dealing with the death of her son, who was diagnosed with autism at age three, and ultimately, finding the courage to start over.

    Gilly (character) A Song of Ice and Fire character

    Gilly is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.

    <i>China Rich Girlfriend</i> book by Kevin Kwan

    China Rich Girlfriend is a satirical 2015 romantic comedy novel by Kevin Kwan. It is the sequel to Crazy Rich Asians, a novel about the wealthy Singapore elite. Kwan was urged to write the sequel by his publishers after the initial success of Crazy Rich Asians. The title refers to a line in the novel in which Nick's mother, Eleanor, exclaims over the wealth of the "China rich" who are billionaires, "These people aren't just everyday rich with a few hundred million. They are China rich!" The novel was followed by a sequel, Rich People Problems in 2017.

    <i>A View of the Harbour</i>

    A View of the Harbour is a novel by Elizabeth Taylor. First published in 1947 in England and the United States, it was her third novel. It is the first of her novels in which one of the main characters is a creative artist. The relationship of the artist to society and other people was to be an important theme in Taylor's subsequent work.