The Gift
Written by Danielle Steel
Narrated by Ron McLarty
3.5/5
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The time is the 1950's, 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 arrives-a 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 33rd bestselling 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 unpredictability-and the wonder-of life.
Danielle Steel
Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over 650 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include Property of a Noblewoman, Blue, Precious Gifts, Undercover, Country, Prodigal Son, Pegasus, A Perfect Life, 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; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.
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Reviews for The Gift
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I love steel
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A nice story but too predictable.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Inhaltsangabe:Annie Whittaker ist das bezauberndste 5jährige Mädchen, was sich ihre Eltern Liz und John und ihr Bruder Tom nur vorstellen können. Nichts scheint diese glückliche Familie erschüttern zu können – bis Annie an Menningitis stirbt. Zu plötzlich, zu unerwartet verläßt das kleine Mädchen diese Welt und hinterläßt eine gebrochene Mutter, einen verhärmten Vater und völlig vereinsamten Bruder. Dieses Ereignis scheint die Familie zu zerstören.250 Meilen von den Whittakers entfernt lebt die 16jährige Meribeth Robertson. Sie ist intelligent, hübsch und hat große Zukunftspläne – sehr zum Mißfallen ihres Vaters. Ihr Vater möchte, das sie nach der Schule heiratet und Kinder bekommt. Eine ungewollte Schwangerschaft vor der Ehe ist für ihn die größte Sünde und genau das passiert Meribeth. In einer schwachen Minute läßt sie sich vom Star ihrer Schule verführen, obwohl sie sich vorher nicht gekannt haben und sie für ihn auch nichts empfindet.Mit dieser Schande kann ihr Vater nicht leben und schickt Meribeth bis nach der Entbindung in ein Kloster. Doch dort ist es noch deprimierender und sie setzt sich in den Bus nach Chicago. Auf ihrer Reise schließlich wird sie von einem Restaurant aufgehalten: Sie findet dort Arbeit und eine Unterkunft. Und als sie schließlich den traurigen und verschlossenen Tom Whittaker kennen lernt, wird ihr erst viel viel später bewußt, das es ihr Schicksal ist, ausgerechnet in sein Leben getreten zu sein.Mein Fazit:Selbst als ich das Buch zum zweiten Mal las, konnte ich mir eine Träne nicht verkneifen. Dies ist eines der schönsten Romane von Danielle Steel. Mit soviel Liebe wurde es geschrieben und man kann sich in die Lage der Meribeth gut hinein versetzen. Ein wunderschönes Buch um die Gabe des Gebens und Nehmens. Mehr kann ich dazu nicht schreiben – man muß es einfach lesen!Anmerkung: Die Rezension stammt aus Dezember 2001.Veröffentlicht 01.01.17!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gift by Danielle SteelPerfect family: father, mother, teen son and young daughter. Christmas eve the little girl comes down with they think is a cold. Next day they can't wake her up.Meningitis and she ends up dying. Family grieves her as she was their last gift, an angel.Tommy the son can't stand to be in the house because it reminds him of Annie so he stays at practice.Parents were always arguing and Tommy gave up on sports and school. He took up smoking and drinking.The book also follows another family, a father, mother, teen daughter, Noelle and teen daughter. The daughter becomes pregnant when she is raped at a prom.The babys father is to marry another. Mirabeth is to live with the nuns and give up the baby and not see the members of her family til after.She leaves there with $700 and gets on a bus to Chicago, stops for dinner and stays there, gets a job and meets up Tommy who's there often because his mother no longer cooks meals and she's returning to work, a teacher at high school.She meets Tommy's parents and the mother takes her under her wing with school things...I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Even though all Danielle Steele novels begin..and end...in about the same way that doesn't make them any less of a good read. Sure I knew what was going to happen before the third chapter was over, but the lovable characters, and the overall optimism of the novel makes it a good read for a late night bubble bath. It's not going to cause any though provoking epiphany, but it will leave you with a good feeling in your chest!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I read a lot of Danielle Steel books when I was younger because my mother usually got her latest novel as soon as there was an appropriate gift-giving event, so they were easily available to me. Even though this follows the usual Steel formula of "deliriously happy people suddenly cut down by life before picking up the pieces," this one was particularly well-written and touching (it probably helps that it's short and no time is wasted on anything that's not necessary).