Coming Out by Danielle Steel

Worst book I've listened to in a long time. I picked it up for the title, thinking it would be interesting to se how a bestselling romance writer would deal with coming out of the closet - well, she didn't. The "coming out" of the title was about two twin girls coming out in their debutante ball - one thrilled, the other a radical who didn't want to go. Of course, in the end someone does come out as being gay and other characters cross barriers in their own lives and "come out." I was surprised how poorly this was written. It was written in a simplistic way that was utterly boring - no interesting descriptions or settings, full of cliches, with one-dimensional characters. The main character was just too much - great lawyer, perfect mother of 4, perfect wife, daughter-in-law, etc. Steel tries to be very politically correct, but gave no depth to the issues she raised. I read something of hers years ago and found her to be very much on the edge. No longer. I double checked with other reader responses on Amazon and found quite a few that felt Steel's writing has slipped.