![]() ![]() It is inspired by a real group of librarians who between 19 delivered books to some of the most remote regions in the Appalachian Mountains. In Baileyville, in winter, there was not much to do after the sun went down, after all. 'The Giver of Stars is a 2019 historical fiction book by Jojo Moyes about pack horse librarians in a remote area of Kentucky. ![]() ![]() In the still air of Split Creek it was not unusual for those who were walking past in the darkness to shake an amused head at the breathless and joyous sounds emanating from the house behind the library. He was married to the most beautiful woman in the world, and every night after they had each finished work, and put away the dishes side by side, he made sure to pay homage. If Peggy Van Cleve's friends chose to remark that Alice Guisler had let herself go something awful since she'd started up at that library, what with her un-set hair and her mannish outfits (and to think her so refined and well-dressed when she came, and all!), then Fred couldn't have noticed less. Despite the cold and the brutal hour, she was almost always to be found smiling. Every morning before dawn she would unwrap her long limbs reluctantly from those of her husband, drink the coffee he insisted on making for her, then walk down to open the library and get the stove going, ready for the others to arrive. “She was so ridiculously happy that most days she didn't know how to contain it. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes: 9780399562495 : Books 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK A great narrative about personal strength and really captures how books bring. ![]()
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