{"product_id":"a-gift-of-hope-helping-the-homeless-cd-9781469225272","title":"A Gift of Hope","description":"In her powerful memoir \u003ci\u003eHis Bright Light\u003c\/i\u003e, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Danielle Steel opened her heart to share the devastating story of the loss of her beloved son. In \u003ci\u003eA Gift of Hope, \u003c\/i\u003e she shows us how she transformed that pain into a campaign of service that enriched her life beyond what she could imagine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For eleven years, Danielle Steel took to the streets with a small team to help the homeless of San Francisco. She worked anonymously, visiting the cribs of the city's most vulnerable citizens under cover of darkness, distributing food, clothing, bedding, tools, and toiletries. She sought no publicity for her efforts and remained anonymous throughout. Now she is speaking to bring attention to their plight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 our 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By turns candid and inspirational, Danielle Steel's \u003ci\u003eA Gift of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is a true act of advocacy and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Gift of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A] moving call for action.\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving . . . The mega-selling, notoriously private author . . . is candid and honest about her own private life in a way we've never seen before.\u003cb\u003e--Books for Better Living\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost assume that Steel's life is as glamorous as her fiction. . . . The real Steel is a bit more complicated.\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49801342451985,"sku":"CIN1469225271G","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1469225271.jpg?v=1751405047","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/a-gift-of-hope-helping-the-homeless-cd-9781469225272","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}