Kate’s 2¢: “The giver of stars” by Jojo Moyes

“The giver of stars” by Jojo Moyes

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

The Pack Horse Library gave Alice a chance to make a difference and what a difference she makes!

The Pack Horse Library Project was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) program that delivered books to remote regions in the Appalachian Mountains between 1935 and 1943. Women were very involved in the project which eventually had 30 different libraries serving 100,000 people. Pack horse librarians were known by many different names including “book women,” “book ladies,” and “packsaddle librarians”, as well as, less complimentary names by its distractors.

The project helped employ around 200 people and reached around 100,000 residents in rural Kentucky.

In Paintsville, Kentucky, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) helped pay shipping expenses for the books donated.

I encourage you to research the Pack Horse Library’s history. It is fascinating and “The Giver of Stars” weaves fact and fiction together beautifully. Julia Whelan’ reading of this digital book from BARD was well done. Thank you.

From the web:

Jojo Moyes is a British novelist. Moyes studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. She won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to study journalism at City University and subsequently worked for The Independent for 10 years. In 2001 she became a full time novelist.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The giver of stars DB96907

Moyes, Jojo. Reading time: 13 hours, 54 minutes.

Read by Julia Whelan.

Historical Fiction; Romance

Alice Van Cleve is still trying to adjust to married life and living in Kentucky after being raised in England. When offered the chance to join a group of women to deliver Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, she jumps at it. But they face dangers. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.