The Gift
Danielle Steel
 The setting of the novel was in the 1950's.Maribeth Robertson got pregnant accidentally in a senior's prom by a senior star athlete who is getting married after High School graduation.Her father disapproves of what happened.He sends her away from home and into the convent.She was asked to comeback after she delivers the baby and gives it up for adoption.Finding her life lonely inside with the nuns,Maribeth moves outside the convent and goes to Chicago where a new life of faith,hope and romance awaits her.