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The giver of stars : a novel / Jojo Moyes.

by Moyes, Jojo, 1969-

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Random House Large Print, 2019.

Packhorse librarians -- Fiction.

Librarians -- Fiction.

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Kentucky -- Fiction.

9780593152263 (trade pbk.)

Large print ed.

573 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.

"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."--Publisher.

Historical fiction.

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