Reviews of the giver of stars6/22/2023 ![]() This made for a fascinating historical fiction setting! Summary The Giver of Stars follows an Englishwoman named Alice as she moves to Kentucky to marry handsome Bennett Van Cleve. The books were meant to bring education to some of the poorest parts of America. ![]() The packhorse librarians distributed books and reading materials as part of Franklin Roosevelt’s Work Progress Administration program that ran from 1935-1943. They are so many similarities that plagiarism was even suggested! Read more about that on Buzzfeed. It was surprising to read them one after another. This is something I had never learned about and the stories in both books were fascinating! I honestly had no idea that they were so similar when I added them both to my ‘to read’ shelves. Having just finished The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, I was surprised to learn that this month’s book was about the same topic! Both books are based on the packhorse library campaign of the Great Depression. It is already the last day of April! That means it is time to discuss our book of the month, The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes! Did you guys love it?! I loved the Me Before You trilogy, so I was super excited about this book. ![]()
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