This Novel is from the author who brought you Me Before You, she has set this novel in the Depression-era of America. We are told a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and tells of their remarkable journeys though the mountains of Kentucky and beyond.
Alice wright is married to the handsome American Bennett Van Cleve and is hoping to escape her stifling life in England. However the small-town Kentucky quickly becomes equally claustrophobic, especially when she is living alongside her over-bearing father-in-law. So when she receives the call for a team of women to deliver books as per as Roosevelt's newest travelling library, Alice immediately joins the group as a way to expand her world.
The leader of this group, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery - a very smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who's never asked a man's permission for anything. The dynamic duo will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Packhouse Librarians for the town Kentucky.
This story is if what happens to them - and the significant others - becomes unforgettable drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion. This group of heroic women, will refuse to be cowed by men or by the conventions of the small town life. Even though they face all kind of danger in the landscape that it is at times breathtakingly beautiful - at others brutal - they are committed to doing their job; bringing books to the people who have never had the chance of having any, arming the people with the facts that will change their lives.
Based on the true story which is rooted in America's past, this is a unparalleled in it scope and epic storytelling. Moyes gives us a funny, heartbreaking, enthralling and has been destined to become a modern classic. This is a novel which shows us a rich and rewarding novel of women's friendship, of true love and what happens when we reach beyond our grasp for the great beyond.
I am a sucker for a historical story which show and empowers women, giving them the tools to succeed and enrich their lives. Moyes has a way of developing her characters and gives us a very description of them and there natures and hopes for the future. I did however struggle to get into this book however once i was in to the story i devoured it in a couple of days. I love the way that Moyes has used a quote from a classic at the beginning of each chapter which draws the reader in. I love how a love of books and community have been entwined with the stories of each of these women, Moyes also links in the ultimate classic of Little Women by Lousia May Alcott. Even though this is not my first choice of novel, I would recommend this to someone who loves historical fiction.
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