Our lives are made up of all the countless choices we make everyday. But if Alice hadn’t married Bennett, she wouldn’t have met her true friends in Baileyville or the real love of her life. My guess is that he was gay, which is another story entirely. Alice tries every trick in the book to get Bennett to consummate their marriage, yet is always rebuffed, stating odd excuses every time. Together, they fight to undo the great wrong done to Margery, currently on trial for murder.Īnd isn’t that what life is all about? You may not realize what’s in store for you but you’ll always end up where you’re meant to be. The wealthy family she married into isn’t quite as respectable as she originally thought people who live in rural areas aren’t the helpless hillbillies she was led to believe and women seen as outcasts become some of the best friends she could ever ask for. What’s a girl in a strange new country to do? She joins a traveling library, the Packhorse Librarians, and becomes friends with Margery, a woman with a sullied reputation the town put upon her because of her abusive father.Īs Alice navigates the hidden potholes of gossip and doing her best not to embarrass her new husband, she begins to see people for who they truly are. She struggles to make friends right away as the rumour mill works overtime she discovers Bennett was originally supposed to marry Peggy Foreman, his childhood sweetheart, a fact that becomes all-too-relevant as events transpire. People judge her for her accent, which I suppose would be normal for small towners with little experience with foreigners. The moment Alice steps foot in her new home something doesn’t feel right. That is, until her husband keeps deflecting her romantic advances in the bedroom his excuse is that they have to share the room with his father, so that’s understandable. But are things really as good as they appear? She journeys by boat with her new husband and father-in-law to rural Baileyville, Kentucky and the spirit of adventure is upon her.
She marries the wealthy and handsome Bennett Van Cleve after a whirlwind romance, giving her the perfect out from her oppressive family in England.
Set in Depression-era of America, five disparate women realize they are actually much stronger together than apart.Īlice Wright has just won the lottery, in husbands that is.
Bestselling author of such books as Me Before You and The Girl You Left Behind Jojo Moyes brings us a heartwarming story about the importance of friendship between women and true grit in The Giver of Stars. Constantly worrying about what other people are thinking means you’ll never be free to make the right decisions for yourself. Our choices in life aren’t set in concrete there’s always room for change.
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