Description SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England.
About the Author Jojo Moyes is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Still Me, After You, Me Before You, The Peacock Emporium, The Horse Dancer, Paris for One and Other Stories, One Plus One, The Girl You Left Behind, The Last Letter from Your Lover, Silver Bay, and The Ship of Brides..
At times funny, at others heartbreaking, this is 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.
Based on a true story rooted in America\'s past, The Giver of Stars is unparalleled in its scope.
Though they face all kinds of dangers, they\'re committed to their job--bringing books to people who have never had any, sharing the gift of learning that will change their lives.
What happens to them--and to the men they love--becomes a classic drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion.
They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Horseback Librarians of Kentucky.
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.
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.
But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law.
Description SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England
