*The Gift
by Danielle Steele | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0440221315 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0440221315 Global Overview for this book
Registered by siriradha of Colorado Springs, Colorado USA on 5/27/2004
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
Pre-numbered label used for registration. I bought this paperback book at ARC to share through bookcrossing.
BookList - Stuart Whitwell
In reviewing the last few Steel novels, "Booklist" has tried to make the argument that the author and her readers deserve more respect than they get. Steel does not exploit the romance genre for its racy, dark, or semipornographic underpinnings; she has taken one element of the medieval love-tale, adapted its gentle, loving, and hopeful outlook to the modern world, and produced a satisfying set of variations on her theme. "The Gift" is Steel to perfection. A small work, it tells the tale of two 16-year-olds whose meeting restores life to both. The death of Tommy's little sister wrecks a family's happiness. The unwanted pregnancy of Maribeth threatens to ruin her attempt to lift herself out of an anti-intellectual and sexist environment. But when the two meet, love, support, sensitivity, and some much-needed wisdom redeem the bleak circumstances of their lives and bring the story to its satisfying conclusion. Cliched, sentimental? Maybe, but Steel "believes" in the goodness of her characters and here, more than ever before, shows absolute faith in a simple tale of rewarded virtue. This is the author at her best: mature, to the point, refreshed by the tale of her young lovers. Not great art, perhaps, but in its own way almost perfect.
BookList - Stuart Whitwell
In reviewing the last few Steel novels, "Booklist" has tried to make the argument that the author and her readers deserve more respect than they get. Steel does not exploit the romance genre for its racy, dark, or semipornographic underpinnings; she has taken one element of the medieval love-tale, adapted its gentle, loving, and hopeful outlook to the modern world, and produced a satisfying set of variations on her theme. "The Gift" is Steel to perfection. A small work, it tells the tale of two 16-year-olds whose meeting restores life to both. The death of Tommy's little sister wrecks a family's happiness. The unwanted pregnancy of Maribeth threatens to ruin her attempt to lift herself out of an anti-intellectual and sexist environment. But when the two meet, love, support, sensitivity, and some much-needed wisdom redeem the bleak circumstances of their lives and bring the story to its satisfying conclusion. Cliched, sentimental? Maybe, but Steel "believes" in the goodness of her characters and here, more than ever before, shows absolute faith in a simple tale of rewarded virtue. This is the author at her best: mature, to the point, refreshed by the tale of her young lovers. Not great art, perhaps, but in its own way almost perfect.
Journal Entry 2 by siriradha at Regis University in Colorado Springs, Colorado USA on Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Released on Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at Regis University in Colorado Springs, Colorado USA.
Left in the Official BookCrossing Zone in the student lounge.
Left in the Official BookCrossing Zone in the student lounge.
Removed from Regis when the OBCZ folded
Journal Entry 4 by siriradha at Bus Stop - Cimarron And Nevada in Colorado Springs, Colorado USA on Wednesday, July 7, 2004
Released on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 at Bus Stop Cimarron and Nevada in Colorado Springs, Colorado USA.
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Enjoy your book! When you're done with it, just leave it some place else for somebody else to find. A plastic bag is a good idea if you're going to leave it outside; otherwise the book gets gritty or rained on.
And if you should decide to join, please use Siriradha as the name of the person who referred you! Thanks!
