''Family Album'' is a 1985

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by American

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. It was adapted into a 1994 TV miniseries starring

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. It is Steel's eighteenth novel.

Plot

''Family Album'' tells the story of Faye Price (later Thayer), since

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to her death in present day. It relates her professional life as an actress in Hollywood's golden era to finally becoming one of the first female directors in

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. But more important to her is her family life, from her marriage, the birth of her children, separations and reconciliations with her husband, the struggles to raise her children, and the problems they go through once grown up until, in the end, they come through stronger from the ordeal.

Adaptation

''Family Album'' was adapted by Karol Ann Hoeffner into a 1994

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television

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starring

as Faye and

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as Ward. Though the plot was simplified from the original novel, it retains the basic story.

External links

* 1985 American novels Novels by Danielle Steel American novels adapted into films Novels about actors American novels adapted into television shows Novels set in California Delacorte Press books American romance novels {{1980s-romance-novel-stub