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The Gift

By: Danielle Steel
Narrated by: Ron McLarty
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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 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 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 unpredictability - and the wonder - of life.

©1994 Danielle Steel (P)2004 Random House Audio
20th Century Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Historical Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Young Adult Dream
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Christmas Bittersweet Story

I listen to all of Danielle Steel's books and this one is set in the 1950's.
If you enjoy the Waltons you should enjoy this dramatic family story.
The narrator is really excellent and he makes this an easy listen.
Danielle Steel writes simple novels about people and their challenges. The listener can relate to their pain and frustrations their sorrow and ultimately their joy and understanding.
Despite the sugar coating and dramatic prose she has an immense talent for story telling characterisation and for delivering a very satisfying ending.
This story stays with you long after you finish it and you hanker after a sequel.
Enjoy.

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A great read of an old story

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I have read the gift many times but to sit back and just listen was joy

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Just a great voice

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Beautiful and deep story 😍

Downloaded by mistake but loved every bit of it! Going straight to her next book

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