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{{short description|1982 novel by Danielle Steel}}
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| name          = Crossings
| image         = File:The front cover of Crossings.jpg
| caption       = First edition
| author        = [[Danielle Steel]]
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| genre         =
| publisher     = [[Delacorte Press]]
| pub_date      = 1982
| english_pub_date =
| media_type    = Print ([[Hardcover]])
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'''''Crossings''''' is a 1982 novel that was written by American [[Danielle Steel]]. It is Steel's [[List of works by Danielle Steel|13th novel]]. It was adapted into a six-part miniseries of the same name in 1986.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first= John J.|date=24 February 1986 |title= 'CROSSINGS,' MINI-SERIES STARRING CHERYL LADD|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/24/arts/crossings-mini-series-starring-cheryl-ladd.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=29 September 2018 }}</ref>
==Plot==
The ship ''[[SS Normandie|Normandie]]'' makes a voyage from Washington, D.C. to France despite an impending war. Aboard the ship is American Liane de Villiers, the young wife of an old ambassador to France.
==List of characters==
*Liane Crockett de Villiers – A daughter of a world shipping enterprise, Crockett Shippings, who marries Armand after his wife's death
*Armand de Villiers – Ambassador of France to the US, having returned to France, who works for the [[Vichy France|Vichy Regime]] of [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|German-occupied France]]
*Odile de Villiers – Wife of Armand who dies early
*Nicholas Burnham – President of an enterprise in steel business, Burnham Steel, who first meets Liane during crossing the Atlantic
*Hillary Burnham – Unfaithful wife of Nick who refuses to divorce him
*Johnny Burnham – Only son of Nicholas and Hillary
==References==
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[[Category:1982 American novels]]
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[[Category:American novels adapted into television shows]]
[[Category:Delacorte Press books]]
[[Category:Bonkbuster romance novels]]
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