A Gift of Hope by Danielle Steel (English) Paperback Book

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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERIn her powerful memoir His Bright Light, Danielle Steel opened her heart to share the devastating story of the loss of her beloved son.

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A moving and inspirational true storyTHE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERIn her powerful memoir His Bright Light, Danielle Steel opened her heart to share the devastating story of the loss of her beloved son. In A Gift of Hope, she shows us how she transformed that pain into a campaign of service that enriched her life beyond what she could imagine.For eleven years, Danielle Steel took to the streets with a small team to help the homeless of San Francisco. She worked under cover of darkness distributing food, clothing, bedding, tools, and toiletries to the city's most vulnerable citizens. She sought no publicity for her efforts and remained anonymous throughout. Now she has chosen to tell her story to bring attention to their plight.In this unflinchingly honest and deeply moving memoir, the famously private author speaks out publicly for the first time about her work among the most desperate members of society. She offers achingly acute portraits of the people she met along the way-and issues a heartfelt call for more effective action to aid this vast, deprived population. Determined to supply the homeless with the basic necessities to keep them alive, she ends up giving them something far more powerful- a voice.By turns candid and inspirational, Danielle Steel's A Gift of Hope is a true act of advocacy and love.

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The moving and inspirational true story behind Danielle Steel's charity work, now in PB. Whilst trying to come to terms with the devastation of her son's death, and after spending a lot of time in church, the answer came to her that she should help the homeless, of whom there are thousands in her hometown of San Francisco. This is the extraordinary story of her kind-hearted mission.

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In her powerful memoir His Bright Light , Danielle Steel opened her heart to share the devastating story of the loss of her beloved son. In A Gift of Hope, she shows us how she transformed that pain into a campaign of service that enriched her life beyond imagination. For eleven years, Danielle Steel took to the streets with a small team to help the homeless of San Francisco. She worked under cover of darkness distributing food, clothing, bedding, tools, and toiletries to the city's most vulnerable citizens. She sought no publicity for her efforts and remained anonymous throughout. Now she has chosen to tell her story to bring attention to their plight. In this unflinchingly honest and deeply moving memoir, the famously private author speaks out about her work among the most desperate members of society. Determined to supply the homeless with the basic necessities to keep them alive, she ends up giving them something far more powerful: a voice.

Author Biography

Danielle Steel is one of the world's most popular and highly acclaimed authors, with over ninety international bestselling novels in print and more than 600 million copies of her novels sold. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved.To discover more about Danielle Steel and her books visit her website at d join her on Facebook at

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Details ISBN0552165441 Author Danielle Steel Year 2013 ISBN-10 0552165441 ISBN-13 9780552165440 Media Book Publication Date 2013-11-21 Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd Imprint Corgi Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1948 DEWEY 362.5092 Pages 144 Format Paperback Language English UK Release Date 2013-11-21 AU Release Date 2013-11-21 NZ Release Date 2013-11-21 Alternative 9781446438763 Audience General We've got this

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