![]() ![]() Publishers Weekly called the novel "tender if sometimes sappy. She finds herself in a small college town where she touches the lives of a family who has suffered a great loss. At the convent, she feels afraid and lonely, and leaves to get on a bus with a one-way ticket. Maribeth is told that she can come back home once her baby is gone. ![]() Their life is torn apart and they are unable to repair the damage. Maribeth's father is displeased by what she has done and sends her away to live with nuns until her baby is born and can be placed up for adoption. A family is devastated after the loss of a cherished young child. High-school student Maribeth Robertson, raised in a Christian household, has sex on prom night with a star athlete who is planning to marry his popular girlfriend after graduation. The novel takes place in a small town in the 1950s. It spent 12 weeks on the Publishers Weekly best-seller list. It is the story of a family in the 1950s coming to terms with the death of a child, deviating from her normal romance themed novels. The Gift is a 1994 novel by author Danielle Steel. ![]()
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