Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club (Novel)

A Reese's Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller, "The Giver of Stars" is a breathtaking story from the author of the forthcoming "Someone Else's Shoes." It is an unforgettable drama of loyalty, justice, humanity, and passion, centered around five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond in Depression-era America.

Married to the handsome American Bennett Van Cleve, Alice Wright hopes to escape her stifling life in England. However, small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. When a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt's new traveling library, Alice enthusiastically signs on.

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 are joined by three other singular women who become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky. Together, these heroic women refuse to be cowed by men or by convention, facing all kinds of dangers in a landscape that is at times breathtakingly beautiful, at others brutal, but always committed to their job: bringing books to people who have never had any, arming them with facts that will change their lives.

"A great narrative about personal strength and really captures how books bring communities together," says Reese Witherspoon. Based on a true story rooted in America's past, "The Giver of Stars" is unparalleled in its scope and epic in its storytelling. Funny, heartbreaking, and enthralling, it is destined to become a modern classic - a richly rewarding novel of women's friendship, of true love, and of what happens when we reach beyond our grasp for the great beyond.

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