The Giver of Stars

By:

Jojo Moyes

Spice Scale

Number of books

1 Published

KU

❌

Audiobook

✅

Series Status

Complete

Interconnected

N/A

Overall Rating

Coming Soon

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes is set in Depression-era Kentucky and follows Alice Wright, an Englishwoman who marries local Bennett Van Cleve seeking escape from her stifling life, only to find herself trapped in a small Appalachian town dominated by her controlling father-in-law. When she joins a group of women—including fierce leader Margery O'Hare—as Packhorse Librarians under Eleanor Roosevelt's WPA program, riding horses through rugged mountains to deliver books to isolated families, Alice discovers purpose, friendship, and independence amid harsh weather, social prejudice, and mining conflicts. The story celebrates literacy's transformative power, sisterhood's strength, and women's resilience against patriarchal pressures without revealing personal crises or resolutions.

Jamie’s review

Jamie hasn’t read this yet, it’s on her never ending TBR

Erica’s review

This book still stays with me years later and I think of it so fondly…even though I can barely remember it. Anyone else? It is such a beautifully written story and really makes you feel like you are right there delivering books via horseback with the Packhorse Librarians in Kentucky. It weaves amazing stories of incredible women throughout depression-ridden America. You will feel things and root for the characters and sigh…it's just so good. Pick it up!