It is a book of the calling to the author to serve the homeless in San Francisco and what she has done. The author is no other than the famous Danielle Steel. If you visit any book store or library, her books are everywhere. She is one of the most popular authors, with millions and millions of her novels sold.
Ms. Steel has worked anonymously for eleven years to provide food, clothing, beddings, tools and toiletries for the homeless on the streets of San Francisco. This book is a recording of her personal experience in taking to the streets, with a small team, to help the homeless of San Francisco.
After the loss of his son and the breakdown of her marriage, she falls into a personal abyss, where she receives the personal calling to serve the homeless. This calling mingles with the resistance and fear she has to overcome to take to the street to provide the blankets for the homeless for the first night in San Francisco. Second and many following nights are not getting easier either. Each of her trips brings inspiration and motivation for her and team to go back to the streets for the many years to follow.
The book has many small personal stories of the few homeless folks – one with cancer, one pregnan
t woman; one in search of jobs. Unlike her many novels, these stories do not have the drama, and do not have known start nor known endings. They are glimpses of the unfortunate lives in the nights that the author and team have provided for them. Yet the simple and incomplete portraits are touching; and provide a powerful image of the dark sides of the many stories on the streets of San Francisco.
Determined to supply the homeless with the basic necessities to keep the needed alive, Danielle Steel offer much more than the material comfort, she offers them respect and a voice to plead for more effective action to aid this deprived population.
This book is different from her many bestselling novels and is a worthy read.
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You know what – you yourself are a wonder living in my small universe. You have never stopped amazed me with all your small perpahs but thoughtful and truthful observations of lives. I really don’t know where you get all the time and energy to go all the way to where you are. For what it worths, you deserve a big pat on your back! I really enjoy reading your articles, maybe you should become a writer. I mean it.
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