She’s married to a handsome young American whose life in the South isn’t nearly as picturesque as he depicted while they were dating. Alice Wright is a newcomer to this landscape-a young Brit.
Based on a true story, Moyes weaves a poignant tale about the real women who brought the written word to the downtrodden and forgotten people of rural Kentucky during the Great Depression.
These were the memories that beckoned me to the world of Jojo Moyes’s latest, The Giver of Stars.Īt its heart, this novel is about all the many ways books can change lives. As a young immigrant in a new country with four kids in tow, my mom found the beginnings of a new life for us in the dog-eared pages of books, and taught us to find adventure and intrigue, romance and wisdom in stories as well. My mother was the first to introduce me to the wonder and escape to be found in books.
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