The Gift of Life
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| Title: | The Gift of Life |
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| Author(s): | Teresa Smith |
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| Date(s): | early 2000s? |
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| Fandom: | Starsky and Hutch |
| Language: | English |
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The Gift of Life is a 78-page gen Starsky and Hutch novel by Teresa Smith.
The story contains three integrated song lyrics: two by Kenny Rogers, and one by the Oak Ridge Boys.
The zine's dedication:
I would like to dedicate this story to all of my Starsky & Hutch friends. In the last two years that I have been online I have met many great people and I have spent countless hours of pleasure talking about Starsky & Hutch. Thank you for all of your support and friendship.
Plot Summary
The story takes place after the fourth season. Starsky has fully recovered from being shot.
Hutch is feeling very tired, loses weight, has no appetite, bruises easily, and keeps getting nosebleeds.
It turns out Hutch has a rare form of acute leukemia.
Starsky takes care of him through chemotherapy, and Hutch goes into remission.
But then, Hutch is shot in the abdomen while on duty. He spends a month in the hospital.
His leukemia comes back, and it doesn't respond to treatment.
Starsky quits his job and moves into Hutch's place to take care of him.
Starsky has a party to find a bone marrow transplant, and many people from their past cases attend and donate money. Starsky and Hutch realize how blessed they are, and how many people they've helped. Sue Ann Granger sings them a song.
Hutch gets a bone marrow transplant from Larry Horvath. There is still more suffering, but Hutch finally gets better.