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The Giver of Stars
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Start date
December 1, 2019
Finish date
December 31, 2019

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Jenny Chapman
Apr 02, 2022 rated it it was amazing
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“Alice, it turned out, was no longer afraid.” Maybe my favorite line of the book because it was as I read it that I understood what each of the character stories were in the book.

The story begins with Alice. A young English girl that fell in love with an American and moved with her new husband, Bennett, to Kentucky. Struggling to fit in and find her place in this new world and disappointed with her failed promises of love and a new life, she jumps at the chance for something to fill her time. F
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Marla Thrall
Jan 06, 2020 rated it it was amazing
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I started this book back in December, read a few pages, set it aside for library holds and then devoured it last weekend when I finally picked it up again. The Giver of Stars tells the story of five extraordinary women and their work to set up a rural, traveling library in depression era Kentucky. ⁣

✨ I loved Alice and Marge both so much! They are independent, brave and so strong. The other librarians were great role models in their own ways, too! ⁣
✨ The book remind
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D. Cecilia
May 15, 2021 rated it really liked it
Clean and sweet, informative. Enjoyed reading this.
Lina
Apr 07, 2021 rated it really liked it
Absolutely loved this book!!!
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Dec 30, 2019 rated it it was amazing
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