Rushing waters

Resource Information

The work Rushing waters represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.

Label

Rushing waters

Statement of responsibility

Danielle Steel

Creator

• trueSteel, Danielle

Contributor

• Miller, Dan John

Author

• trueSteel, Danielle

Narrator

• Miller, Dan John

Subject

• Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
• Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
• Disaster victims -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

MODERN & CONTEMPORARY FICTION (POST C 1945). As Hurricane Ophelia bears down on New York City, millions are caught up in the horrific flooding it unleashes. Successful interior designer Ellen Wharton flies into New York from London, heedless of the hurricane warnings. She is intent on seeing her mother, Grace. But when the storm hits, the women are forced to wade through freezing waters to the police boats outside. British investment banker Charles Williams is travelling on business but is also eager to see his young daughters, who live with his beautiful, estranged ex-wife. As the hurricane rages, he desperately checks the shelters where thousands have taken refuge to find them, and runs into Ellen and her mother. Meanwhile Juliette Dubois, a dedicated ER doctor, fights to save lives when the generators at the hospital fail. Unforgettable and powerful, Rushing Waters proves that even in the darkest storm there is courage, unexpected joy and new life ..

Cataloging source

WWBK

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Music parts

not applicable

PerformerNote

Performed by Dan John Miller

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable