- Writer: Jojo Moyes
- Category: English
- Pages: 390 (Hard Cover)
- Stock: In Stock
- Model: STP-4006
- ISBN: 978-0-399-56248-8
From the author of Me Before You, set
in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary
women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and
beyond.
Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van
Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town
Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living
alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a
team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new
traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically.
The leader,
and soon Alice’s greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking,
self-sufficient woman who’s never asked a man’s permission for anything.
They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as
the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky.
What happens to them–and
to the men they love–becomes an unforgettable drama of loyalty, justice,
humanity and passion. These heroic women refuse to be cowed by men or
by convention. And though they face all kinds of dangers in a landscape
that is at times breathtakingly beautiful, at others brutal, they’re
committed to their job: bringing books to people who have never had any,
arming them with facts that will change their lives.
Based on a true story rooted in America’s past, The Giver of Stars
is unparalleled in its scope and epic in its storytelling. Funny,
heartbreaking, enthralling, it is destined to become a modern classic–a
richly rewarding novel of women’s friendship, of true love, and of what
happens when we reach beyond our grasp for the great beyond.
Book Attributes | |
Pages | 390 (Hard Cover) |