The Giver of Stars is a historical romance and adventure novel set in the late 1930s. It follows Alice Wright, who leaves England to marry an American and ends up in Baileyville, Kentucky, where her expectations are challenged. She joins a group of horseback librarians — the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky — led by Margery O’Hare, and together they bring books and education to isolated mountain communities. As Alice finds friendship and purpose, the women confront both social opposition and personal challenges, discovering freedom, resilience, and the transformative power of books and