Fiction: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve, hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. 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 joining the leader Margery and three other singular women who become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky.

What happens to them--and to the men they love--becomes an unforgettable drama of loyalty, justice, humanity, and passion. These heroic women refuse to be cowed by men or by convention. And though they face all kinds of dangers along the way, they’re committed to their job: bringing books to people who have never had any, arming them with facts that will change their lives.

At times funny, heartbreaking, and enthralling, and based on a true story rooted in America’s past, The Giver of Stars is unparalleled in its scope and epic in its storytelling.