His Bright Light- book report
This is the story of Nick Traina, one of Danielle Steele's sons. He was a manic-depressant. Danielle Steele says that this book is "a story of an illness, a fight to live, and a race against death." And she wrote it in "hopes of helping someone else." I think that Danielle Steele wrote this book for the previous reasons and as a way to help her get through the lose of her son, by writing down her memories of him. She included many songs and letters written by her son in the book and a few letters written by herself. She has also been the victim of bad press in the past and maybe this was a way to get her son's story out to the public, before the media got any ideas. Danielle Steele wanted the reader to feel the love and hope for her son like she had felt. This was the story of a young man that, statistically, was to go places in life. He had everything that one could wish for: intelligence, good looks, charm, and a wealthy, loving family. There was one problem. Although he had everything on the outside to make him successful, Nick had something hidden inside him that only surfaced briefly throughout his life, until it finally consumed him. It was manic-depression. No matter how well he did or how he felt, this disease
It was weird sometimes reading this book, the similarities between my Aunt and Danielle Steele. Between the vacation homes and ritzy lifestyles, it was kind of erie. I felt sympathy for Nick while reading the book, but I had a hard time excepting the sincerity in his mother's sorrow. I believe that she felt it, but I didn't think she did as much as she could. Going on vacation while her son wasn't doing well, just didn't sit to well with me. I think she realized more what her son meant to her, after he was gone. was right there waiting to bring him down. I wondered throughout the book if the manic side of the disease actually helped in making him so out going and hardworking sometimes. This book showed the reader that money can't always buy a cure. He had the best doctors, counselors, attendants, schools etc. that money could by. I hardly ever read of his mother actually spending time alone with him, to see what his thoughts were. I think this book went over some of the personality disorders that we touched on in this course. Manic-depression being one of them. It showed me another example of how a mental disorder can affect a person's life and the people around them. The book didn't really seem to go into very much therapy detail, as to relate to the book, other than individual therapy. I wonder if a group type of therapy would have worked for Nick, at least someway for him to see that he wasn't alone. Many people go through the highs and lows like he had experi
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Danielle Steele, Nick Traina, Lithium Lithium, Steele Aunt, Julie Julie, danielle steele, Danielle Steele's, nick's feeling, , nick traina, songs letters, reading book, letters written, schools etc,
Approximate Word count = 1003
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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