Oct32019

The Giver of Stars

By:Jojo Moyes

This book is part of:Standalone

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The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes is set in Depression-era Kentucky and follows Alice Wright, an Englishwoman who marries local Bennett Van Cleve seeking escape from her stifling life, only to find herself trapped in a small Appalachian town dominated by her controlling father-in-law. When she joins a group of women—including fierce leader Margery O'Hare—as Packhorse Librarians under Eleanor Roosevelt's WPA program, riding horses through rugged mountains to deliver books to isolated families, Alice discovers purpose, friendship, and independence amid harsh weather, social prejudice, and mining conflicts. The story celebrates literacy's transformative power, sisterhood's strength, and women's resilience against patriarchal pressures without revealing personal crises or resolutions.