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In a small, peaceful midwestern town during the 1950s, a happy family is shattered by a child's death, a loving marriage begins to unravel, and the arrival of a young woman will change many lives forever
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On a June day, a young woman in a summer dress steps off a Chicago-boundbus into a small midwestern town. She doesn't intend to stay. She is justpassing through. Yet her stopping here has a reason and it is part of a storythat 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 townwith a high school and a downtown, a skating pond and a movie house. And on atree-lined street in the heartland of America, an extraordinary set of eventsbegins to unfold. And gradually what seems serendipitous is tinged withpurpose. A happy home is shattered by a child's senseless death. A lovingmarriage starts to unravel. And a stranger arrives--a young woman who willtouch many lives before she moves on. She and a young man will meet and fallin love. Their love, so innocent and full of hope, helps to restore a family'sdreams. And all of their lives will be changed forever by the precious giftshe leaves them.
The Gift, Danielle Steel's thirty-third best-selling work, is a magicalstory told with stunning simplicity and power. It reveals a relationship somoving it will take your breath away. And it tells a haunting and beautifultruth about the unpredictability--and the wonder--of life.
Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world s most popular authors, with over 560 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include Sisters, H.R.H., Coming Out, The House, Toxic Bachelors, Miracle, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina s life and death.
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- PublisherG K Hall & Co
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0783801807
- ISBN 13 9780783801803
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages275
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