These heroic women refuse to be cowed by men or by convention. What happens to them-and to the men they love-becomes an unforgettable drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion.
They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky. The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who's never asked a man's permission for anything. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. Honestly? I would call the similarity of subject matter nothing more than unfortunate timing.Synopsis: Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. These books came out within the same five-month window, meaning that both authors were writing theirs at roughly the same time. You’ll have to read the book yourself to see whether they are. I was riveted at the end, so invested in these women that I did not – did not – want any of them to be hurt. Her book is painful at times, the drama high. Moyes does a skillful job weaving their stories together. These other women are fascinating, each different, each fighting personal demons, and Ms. Through it, she befriends four other women who become her lifeline as her marriage falls apart. She is about to go mad of loneliness when she learns about the Pack Horse Library Project. After returning to Kentucky with her new husband and his overbearing father, she is horrified to discover how limited her life there will be. She does, for starters, with a British heroine, who meets and marries a Kentuckian while he and his father are visiting England.
Honestly, when I started reading THE GIVER OF STARS, I wondered how this British author was going to pull it off. Moyes’ book is richest in characterization. Richardson’s book is richest in local detail, Ms. Moyes’ book spotlights the sexual discrimination all women in Kentucky faced. Richardson’s book spotlights the racial discrimination the blue-skinned mountain folk suffer, Ms. Richardson’s book centers on one librarian, Ms. Richardson’s book freely use the word “plagiarism.” Oh yes, it’s an unusual subject, and while Ms. Much has been made of the similarity between this book, THE GIVER OF STARS, by Jojo Moyes, and THE BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK, by Kim Michele Richardson, which came out just five months before this one.īoth books take place in Kentucky and deal with the Pack Horse Library Project, which was inspired by Eleanor Roosevelt and tasked with bringing books to remote areas of Appalachia between the years of 19.
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