The Giver of Stars
A Novel
by Jojo Moyes
Should I read this?
Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Historical Fiction, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
From the author of Me Before You, set in Depressionera America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond.Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But smalltown Kentucky quickly proves equally claustropho...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Historical Fiction, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
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