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The Giver of Stars

Written by: Jojo Moyes
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
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Brought to you by Penguin.

The spellbinding story of love, friendship and the power of words to change the world by the international bestselling author of Me Before You

The greatest love story is the one you least expect . . .

Alice Wright doesn't love her new American husband.

Nor her domineering father-in-law or the judgmental townsfolk of Baileyville, Kentucky.

Stifled and misunderstood, she yearns for escape and finds it in defiant Margery O'Hare and the sisterhood bringing books to the isolated and vulnerable.

But when her father-in-law and the town turn against them, Alice fears the freedom, friendship and new love she's found will be lost . . .

Read by Audie-award winner Julie Whelan.


'Her best novel yet. Julian Whelan [is] the perfect reader' The Times

'Utterly enchanting' Mail on Sunday

'Epic' David Nicholls, bestselling author of One Day

©2019 Jojo Moyes (P)2019 Penguin Audio Friendship Genre Fiction Historical Historical Romance Literary Fiction Westerns
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Julia Whelan did a fantastic Narrative. Kept it so interesting throughoit. loved the accents too. The book made Eastern Kentucky alive.

The Narrator

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What an amazing story .Absolutely loved it.The characters have been seamlessly woven into the story fabric and the narration takes it several notches higher.It fills me with immense pride to read about the diligent and selfless nature of the library women riding miles and miles to deliver the books and how they put their wisdom and intelligence to good use.I had been craving to discover a good romantic tale and this fitted the bill perfectly.My heart is singing❤

Liberarians Liberation!!

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loved the narrator... at places it does give you goosebumps and sometimes even makes you tear up. but overall the story was so-so. very black and white characters... limited layers to them. the narration and performance made it way better though.

loved the premise

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the book is very well written , narration is simply outstanding. It really added to the overall experience

gripping book and fantastic narration,

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simple enough story but told vividly filling in colours of all sorts. highly recommend this book.

intricately woven and fantastically narrated

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Just loved the story line, the characters, the setup. It is a long book, but finished it in a day..and as much as I liked the story, I loved Julia Whelan's narration of the same. She has a knack of bringing stories to life..this is the second of her books I listened to and absolutely loved it....

A book about books!!!!

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A nice journey into the 1938 Kentucky. But I felt the book could have touched upon the depression and other social aspects of life in a bit more depth. Nonetheless, the narrative is pretty vivid for the reader to picturize the life of the characters involved. And as usual, Julia Whelan is awesome in her narration on audible.

An interesting read with a few great characters!

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Jojo Moyes - Though I have seen her books in many best sellers list I never tried her books as her genre is romance which I have outgrown .... presumably......But I liked the gist of Giver of stars ....a historical fiction one of my favourite. And I found that she is an amazing story teller.
And her work is ever more enhanced by the narrator Julia Whelan ..... really awesome narration by Julia. Totally a very enjoyable read .

An enjoyable read !!

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I don't know where to start.... I just wasn't prepared for something so BEAUTIFUL and HEARTWARMING.

So the book is basically about a few women who come together to work in a mobile library called the Kentucky Packhorse library. They travell through these beautiful yet treacherous mountains to bring books to people who've never had the opportunity to read and enjoy the magic of words. The friendship and bond that gradually develops between these women is definitely the highlight of the story along with how they battle not only with the narrow minded society but also with themselves. The books they distribute change many lives just like this book may have changed mine.

It's got beautiful mountains, horses, strong, smart, badass women and proud conservative men...it's got love, friendship, loyalty and hope. Most of all, it's got books!What's not to like?


I haven't read many historical fiction yet but I bet this is one of the best out there... I cannot recommend this book enough!

Sooooll soo very good!!!

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If there were 10 to give! I am at a loss to find the right words to express my huge respect for Jojo Moyes for bringing to us this highly inspirational effort, the packhorse libraries, at a time of deep distress in the US and doing it such amazing justice. Cheers to a piece of proud feminist literature that does not Tom Tom itself as so.

The concept, the characters, the many threads of the times, the immersive reading by the narrator.. all have my admiration. For me the most evocative moments were the lingering descriptions of the forays into the mountains, the girls carrying books to people! I want to add that the moral compass exhibited by the many characters across the narrative is an education re this period in time in this country.

An awesome book! Thank you dear author couldn't have asked for a better read/ listen.

I would give it 10 stars!

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