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Summary: Best of Steel
Review: I have read A LOT of Danielle Steel books, and this one is by far the best one. My mom won't read Steel, but I have tried and tried to convince her to read this one because it is different. It's sad and touching, it will make you cry. It is the best.
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Summary: Thoroughly Enjoyable!
Review: This was the MOST original, heart warming book that Danielle Steel has ever written. This was a keeper, I still have it on my shelf years after the first time I read it. It is the only book of her's that I have re-read. A sweet story of love found after grief, of acceptance, of growth. A must read!
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Summary: ROMANTIC YET TEARJERKER!
Review: The book, The Gift by Danielle steel is a heart warming book. It has some adventures, comedies, and tear jerking parts. I got hooked on this book and couldn't stop reading it until I was finished. As the book opens, little Annie Whittaker is a happy little girl that her parents could not want more from. Whittaker's are a family of four: John, Liz, Tommy, and Annie. Tommy is Annie's older brother. He was an only child until he was ten. The parents, John and Liz, really wanted another child, but finally after three miscarriages they had Annie. Annie and Tommy got along so well and always loved to be around each other, unlike most siblings. It was near Christmas and the children were excited! At this time they were 5 and 15. One morning, two days before Christmas, they woke up to a town filled with snow. They went outside and made a snowman. That night, Tommy went to tell Annie good night and noticed her head was hot. Thinking nothing about it, he didn't tell his parents. In the morning, Christmas Eve, Annie woke up with a really high fever. They sent her to bed. It was Christmas, and Annie was still asleep. It was always a thing for Annie to wake up bright and early on Christmas. She woke up and barely moved. She fell back to sleep, and they took her to the doctor. There she was put into a hospital with Meningitis, a very futile disease. She died on Christmas and the Whittaker's lost they're only Christmas Gift. After this scene had ended it takes you to the home of Maribeth. She is going to a dance and her father won't let her wear the dress she wants to. At the dance, she gets pregnant. When she realizes that the father won't take care of the baby with her, her parents send her to a nun adoption home to have her baby. When Maribeth arrives there, she is horrified. She leaves there and goes to Omaha to get job. She is a waitress at a restaurant. One night, a guy who is always eating supper there, walks in and stats talking to Maribeth. His name is Tommy Whittaker. They get to know each other better and they become great friends and fall in love. While all of this happening, John and Liz are still very upset about Annie. They barely even talk to each other or Tommy. They never have meals together, and that's why Tommy is always at the restaurant. When Tommy founds out she is pregnant, he tells his parents, and with the parents wanting a child, they are willing to adopt the baby. Seven months later, John and Liz Whittaker are the parents of a baby girl, Kate. After the birth is over, Maribeth, not wanting to go back, goes to her home. She has to go back for school and her worrying family. She leaves Tommy behind but she will always love him and he her.
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Summary: Good!
Review: The GIFT is a heart touching story. ALthough it is predictable,the book is hard to put down. Interesting. Steel shows us that Love can be found if we look for it.
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Summary: The Gift
Review: I found this book to be somewhat interesting. I admit it was hard to put down, even though it was very predictable. It's one of those things that you just have to keep reading to make sure that you're right. About the ending...I didn't like it too much. It left me with too much to wonder about. I figured it was going to be like that, but I can still whine. I suggest this book to those who like the fairy tale endings and such. It doesn't exactly end as a fairy tale would, but it'll help to escape reality for a couple hours.
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Summary: THE GIFT
Review: This book was a warm heartfelt book that I could not put down. A story of love that every woman dreams of.
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Summary: A great book! A gift from Ms Danielle Steel!
Review: This is my first Danielle Steel book and I like it very much. The story is fast-paced and it's hard for me to put it down. I am starting another Steel's book. Hope it is as good as this one!
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Summary: Extemely heartwarming, heartbreaking, etc....
Review: This has got to be my favorite Danielle Steel book. It made me laugh and cry. I definately could not put it down!
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Summary: My favorite
Review: I loved this book. We had a book report in class and it was the first book I recommended to the girls! I read it in 6 hours when I was thirteen it was sooo good. I go for those kind of books though.... I would totally recomend it!
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Summary: 'Love' appears more than necessary.
Review: I just finished this book, and as much as I liked the story, it dragged on too long, and was horribly predictable. It was not the brain candy many of us seek, built boring and common characters, and seemed to be repeating itself. As soon as you read the back, you already know that she's leaving the baby behind. And what ever happened when Maribeth left? I never found out. But with the predictability, I'd say she married that guy and had some kids. The book didn't really seem to be much about love, probably because the word showed up too many times. It's easy to read, not much thought required. Good for ages 10-16. Can be finished easily in a night.
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