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Moyes, Jojo,
1969-
The giver of stars /
Jojo Moyes.
[New York, N.Y. :
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking,
[2019]
390 p. ;
24 cm.
Library Journal Starred, September 2019.
Booklist starred, September 2019.
Publishers Weekly, August 2019.
Kirkus Starred, August 2019.
Library Journal Starred.
Booklist starred.
Publishers Weekly.
"Set in Depression-era America, . . . 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 Horseback Librarians of Kentucky. What happens to them--and to the men they love--becomes a classic drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion. 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 . . ."--Publisher provided.
Adult
Follett Library Resources.
Adult.
20200114.
Women librarians
Fiction.
Romance fiction.
Historical fiction.
Kentucky
Fiction.
Moyes, Jojo,
New York : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2019
The giver of stars.