A Good Woman by Danielle Steel

The provided excerpts from Danielle Steel's novel, "A Good Woman," chronicle the dramatic life of Annabelle Worthington, beginning with the aftermath of the Titanic disaster, which claimed her father and brother and left her mother devastated. Annabelle is shown coping with the loss, marrying a much older man named Josiah Millbank, only for him to later divorce her for adultery (which she did not commit) to conceal his homosexuality and a serious illness, leading to her being ostracized by New York society and even her best friend. Annabelle subsequently moves to France to volunteer as a medical worker during World War I, where she is raped by a British officer, resulting in the birth of her illegitimate daughter, Consuelo; she eventually attends medical school and becomes a doctor, ultimately accepting the legal acknowledgment of Consuelo by the officer's mother, Lady Winshire, and finding peace and a renewed connection to her past during a trip back to the United States.