01859cam a2200325 i 4500 394479401 TxAuBib 20191011120000.0 190924s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019030049 9780399562488 0399562486 (OCoLC)1120772064 TxAuBib rda Moyes, Jojo. The Giver of Stars / Jojo Moyes. [New York, New York] : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, [2019] 390 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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"--Book jacket. 20191011. Women librarians Fiction. Traveling libraries Fiction. Kentucky Fiction. Historical fiction. Love stories. Novels.