The gift
Family stories, General fiction, Serious and literary fiction
Human-narrated audio
Summary
John and Liz Whittaker and their two children Tom, fifteen, and Annie, five seem to be a happy, lucky family. But Annie dies and the family falls apart. Maribeth Robertson, sixteen, is pregnant and has been thrown out of her… home by her father. Traveling to Chicago, she stops in the Whittakers' hometown, meets Tom, and forms a strong friendship that affects all the Whittakers. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1994.