The Gift

By: Danielle Steel

Narrated by: Ron McLarty

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 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 unpredictability—and the wonder—of life.

Critic reviews

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

The Gift

This was so well written and Ron McLarty was perfect. I wish he had read all of her books. It had many chapters that were short. I was surprised that it ended this morning with The End coming on. This is a book that could have had a Part 2 Continued. It does have some places with sexual descriptions that may not be good for very young readers. Perhaps I am old fashioned about this and probably there is not much the young readers do not know today. I am a Senior reader. Now to find another one as good as this one is. Getting quite choosy and many of them I have said No to on my list. Step One, Check The Narrator. Most important to me.

Touching but not sappy!

thus was one of my favorite Danielle Steel books. and I've read quite a few. it was touching, but not at all sappy.

great start

the ending was not what I was expecting I was hoping for a better ending.

1 of the best books I have read !

love the narrative! very captivating.. Hung on every word! looking forward to my next book with him.

MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE BOOK

This has been my absolute favorite book since I was young. I read it every year.