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The Giver of Stars

Jojo Moyes author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:23rd Jul '20

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The brand-new standalone novel from the Number One bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and Still Me.

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER
A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK

The spellbinding story of love, community and the power of reading from the bestselling author of Me Before You
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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 the new love she's found will be lost . . .
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'A beguiling tale of unlikely love. The most appealing thing is Moyes' wonderful way with romance. Delightful' The Times

'Beautiful, special . . . with characters so real they feel like dear friends. I loved it and didn't want it to end!' Liane Moriarty

'Inspiring and wildly romantic'Daily Mail, Books of the Year

'Her best book yet. It's a romance - but about female friends, the outdoors and the magic of reading'Grazia

'Epic' David Nicholls, bestselling author of One Day


Jojo Moyes, Sunday Times bestseller, June 2024

HER BEST NOVEL YET * The Times *
Inspiring and wildly romantic * Daily Mail Books of the Year *
Utterly enchanting * Mail on Sunday *
An entertaining, immersive and moving read. The Giver of Stars is rip-roaring popular fiction . . . but it is also a novel that celebrates education, intellectual curiosity and, above all, books and the knowledge, comfort, company and power that they can bring. Moyes shines a light on a historic footnote to pay tribute to women's work, endurance and female solidarity * The Sunday Times *
For years I've been a huge Jojo Moyes fan. It's such a great narrative about personal strength and really captures how books bring communities together, especially for these women who are completely bonded by their love of literature * Reese Witherspoon *
A genuinely entertaining book that's a perfect gift for people who need some escape from the everyday and just want to be absorbed in a really cracking story. Set in rural America in the 1930s, it's got a band of feisty characters who are funny and sweet with contemporary resonances to boot * The best books to give this Christmas, Stylist *
With characters so real they feel like dear friends and a compelling storyline, this is a beautiful, special novel. I loved it and didn't want it to end! * Liane Moriarty *
What a wonderful novel.The Giver of Stars is the most sweeping, dramatic, richly evocative book, full of brilliantly feisty women. I whipped through the pages, utterly agog, pretty much feeling as though I was on a horse in 1930s Kentucky myself * Sophie Kinsella *
Epic * David Nicholls, bestselling author of One Day *
Timeless, Jojo Moyes' greatest work yet, and one of the most exquisitely-written - and absolutely compulsory - novels about women ever told. Brilliant and perfect and will remind you of why you read; even of why you breathe * Lisa Taddeo, bestselling author of Three Women *

ISBN: 9780718183219

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 28mm

Weight: 320g

464 pages