From the bestselling author of Vanished and Accident comes the unforgettable story of a young girl whose circumstances take her into a family desperate for the one thing she possesses and the one thing they need--whether they know it or not. National ads/media.
On a June day, a young woman in a summer dress steps off a Chicago-bound bus into a small midwestern town. She doesn't intend to stay. She is just passing through. Yet her stopping here has a reason and it is part of a story that you will never forget.
The time is the 1950s, when life was simpler, people still believed in dreams, and family was, very nearly, everything. The place is a small midwestern town with a high school and a downtown, a skating pond and a movie house. And on a tree-lined street in the heartland of America, an extraordinary set of events begins to unfold. And gradually what seems serendipitous is tinged with purpose. A happy home is shattered by a child's senseless death. A loving marriage starts to unravel. And a stranger arrivesβa young woman who will touch many lives before she moves on. She and a young man will meet and fall in love. Their love, so innocent and full of hope, helps to restore a family's dreams. And all of their lives will be changed forever by the precious gift she leaves them.
The Gift, Danielle Steel's thirty-third best-selling work, is a magical story told with stunning simplicity and power. It reveals a relationship so moving it will take your breath away. And it tells a haunting and beautiful truth about the unpredictabilityβand the wonderβof life.
“Praise for Danielle Steel "Steel is one of the best!" -- Los Angeles Times "Few modern writers convey the pathos of family and material life with such heartfelt empathy." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "Steel pulls out all the emotional stops. . . . She delivers!" -- Publishers Weekly "What counts for the reader is the ring of authenticity." -- San Francisco Chronicle”
Praise for Danielle Steel
βSteel is one of the best!ββLos Angeles Times
βFew modern writers convey the pathos of family and material life with such heartfelt empathy.ββThe Philadelphia Inquirer
βSteel pulls out all the emotional stops. . . . She delivers!ββPublishers Weekly
βWhat counts for the reader is the ring of authenticity.ββSan Francisco Chronicle
Danielle SteelΒ has been hailed as one of the worldβs most popular authors, with over 650 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers includeΒ Country, Prodigal Son, Pegasus,Β A Perfect Life, Power Play, Winners, First Sight, Until the End of Time, The Sins of the Mother,Β and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author ofΒ His Bright Light,Β the story of her son Nick Trainaβs life and death;Β A Gift of Hope,Β a memoir of her work with the homeless;Β Pure Joy,Β about the dogs she and her family have loved; and the childrenβs bookΒ Pretty Minnie in Paris.
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