Plagiarism claims Īccusations were made that this book plagiarized from The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson, however, Richardson's publisher Sourcebooks has adamantly denied these claims. 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. Description Īlice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve, hoping to escape her stifling life in England. The Giver of Stars spent 33 weeks on the New York Times best-selling list. The book is a #1 New York Times bestseller and has sold over 1 million copies. The Giver of Stars was listed on USA Today's 'top-100 books to read while stuck at home social distancing' and was a Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick by Reese Witherspoon. Universal Pictures has acquired the movie rights to The Giver of Stars, and the feature film is in the early stages of production. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The women deliver library books to people in the mountains of Kentucky during the Great Depression, a real-life program launched by President Franklin D. Set in Depression-era America, The Giver of Stars is the story of five extraordinary women and their journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond. The Giver of Stars is a 2019 historical fiction novel by Jojo Moyes about packhorse librarians in a remote area of Kentucky.

The giver of star