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 was right there waiting to bring him down.
             Most of his life, Nick's problems were misinterpreted. Not knowing her son's problem, his mother made excuses and covered for his actions all the time until people couldn't accept them anymore. She tried everything she could to help her son, but nothing worked. Countless shrinks, vacations, schools, etc. failed to help, until she met Julie. Julie was a psychiatrist that Nick finally felt comfortable with. Along with Julies help, Danielle Steele finally convinced a doctor to put Nick on some kind of drug that would help fight his depression. The combination of drugs that finally worked for Nick was Prozac and Lithium; Lithium being the more effective of the two....