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1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A REESES BOOK CLUB PICK

A great narrative about personal strength and really captures how books bring communities together Reese Witherspoon

From the author of the forthcoming Someone Elses Shoes a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond in Depressionera America

Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England But smalltown Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic especially living alongside her overbearing fatherinlaw So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelts new traveling library Alice signs on enthusiastically

The leader and soon Alices greatest ally is Margery a smarttalking selfsufficient woman whos never asked a mans permission for anything They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky

What happens to themand to the men they lovebecomes an unforgettable drama of loyalty justice humanity and passion These heroic women refuse to be cowed by men or by convention And though they face all kinds of dangers in a landscape that is at times breathtakingly beautiful at others brutal theyre committed to their job bringing books to people who have never had any arming them with facts that will change their lives

Based on a true story rooted in Americas past The Giver of Stars is unparalleled in its scope and epic in its storytelling Funny heartbreaking enthralling it is destined to become a modern classica richly rewarding novel of womens friendship of true love and of what happens when we reach beyond our grasp for the great beyond