The giver of stars : a novel
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.
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Packhorse librarians > Fiction. Librarians > Fiction. Female friendship > Fiction. Kentucky > Fiction. |
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Historical fiction. Romance fiction. |
- ISBN: 9780399562488
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390 pages ; 24 cm - Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.
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