02764cam a2200481 i 4500 394749329 TxAuBib 20191013120000.0 200819t20212019||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019030049 9780399562488 HRD 28.00 0399562486 HRD 28.00 9780399562495 0399562494 (OCoLC)1085635712 TxAuBib rda Moyes, Jojo, 1969- The giver of stars / Jojo Moyes. [New York, NY] : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, [2019] [New York] : Penguin Books, 2021. ℗2019. 390 pages ; 24 cm. 390, 8 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes a Penguinn readers guide to The Giver of Stars Jojo Moyes. "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"--Provided by publisher. 20191016. jz. Traveling libraries Fiction. Women librarians Fiction. Women librarians Kentucky Fiction. Librarians Fiction. Friendship Fiction. British Kentucky Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Historical fiction. Kentucky Fiction. Domestic fiction. Romance fiction.