Moyess book will get more publicity and may even be better written but Id hate for the first one to be overlooked because the info on the 'Blue' people was as interesting as the Pack Horse story. Without access to public libraries, and many illiterate, women were called upon to travel the counties and deliver books to those most in need. 'The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek' is about Cussy Mary Carter who was the last BLUE WOMAN of Kentucky and was one of the Pack Horse Women. The Depression left much of America in poverty, but none were hit quite like the coal-mining counties of Kentucky. It’s based on the true story of a New Deal initiative backed by Eleanor Roosevelt called the Traveling Library. Synopsis: The Giver of Stars is a historical fiction book that tells the story of several women: Alice, Izzy, Kathleen, Sophia, Beth, and Margery, who served as. And we can’t seem to open Instagram without seeing another book lover rave about it. Including ours! Released in October of 2019, it was selected for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine bookclub in November. Dafna Cohen (Author) 4.2 out of 5 stars 22 ratings. Yet she doesnt much care for her domineering. We’re back to announce our official selection for February! We’ll be reading The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes, and we hope you’ll read along with us! But more on that later… Jojo Moyes, most notable for Me Before You (her tragic romance novel turned movie starring Emilia Clarke), recently published a historical fiction novel that’s getting a lot of attention. But my all-time fave dystopian novel is The Giver.The YA Perfection Trope & Todays Pressures. Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England.

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