Moyes, Jojo,
Giver of Stars The giver of stars Jojo Moyes - [New York] Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019 - 390 pages ; 24 cm
"A Pamela Dorman Book" Publisher location found on publisher website.
"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. Based on a true story rooted in America's past, The Giver of Stars is unparalleled in its scope. 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"--
9780399562488 0399562486
2019030049
Traveling libraries--Fiction.
Women librarians--Fiction.
Librarians--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
British--Kentucky--Fiction.
Fiction / Romance / Historical / 20th Century.
Fiction / Family Life / General.
Kentucky--Fiction.
PR6113.O94 / G59 2019
Moy 2
Giver of Stars The giver of stars Jojo Moyes - [New York] Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019 - 390 pages ; 24 cm
"A Pamela Dorman Book" Publisher location found on publisher website.
"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. Based on a true story rooted in America's past, The Giver of Stars is unparalleled in its scope. 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"--
9780399562488 0399562486
2019030049
Traveling libraries--Fiction.
Women librarians--Fiction.
Librarians--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
British--Kentucky--Fiction.
Fiction / Romance / Historical / 20th Century.
Fiction / Family Life / General.
Kentucky--Fiction.
PR6113.O94 / G59 2019
Moy 2