- Published: 1 October 2019
- ISBN: 9780718183226
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 464
The Giver of Stars
- Published: 1 October 2019
- ISBN: 9780718183226
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 464
Praise for Jojo Moyes
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Praise for Jojo Moyes
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A captivating tale of love, friendship and self-actualisation
People
Moyes somehow manages to break your heart before restoring your faith in love
Sunday Express
A fabulous adventure story
Best
Raw, funny, real and sad, this is storytelling at its best
Marie Claire
A heart-wrenching love story, a nail-biting legal drama and a beautiful study of female friendship
Daily Mail
A heart-stopping read. Destined to be the novel that friends press upon each other
Independent 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
This truly beautiful story made us laugh, smile and sob like a baby - you simply have to read it
Closer
An exploration of people's cruelty and also their kindness
Ruth Junes, Good Housekeeping
Britain's best contemporary female author
Sun on Sunday
As passionate about challenging gender stereotypes as it is enthralling in narrative sweep
i
Wonderfully written and completely engrossing, with exquisitely drawn characters in a brilliantly plotted narrative
Daily Mail
Epic
David Nicholls, bestselling author of One Day
A tender, funny and hopeful look at love, grief and life. Bumper box of tissues required
Stylist
Escapism in the form of adventure and sisterhood. This is a novel with real depth and feeling and touches on worker's rights, racism, environmentalism and education
i
The storytelling treads the delicate balance between heartbreak and hope perfectly
Good Housekeeping
Escapism in the form of adventure and sisterhood. A novel with real depth and feeling. Empowering
Press Association
A triumph
Heat
Explores the interconnected lives of five women with honesty and hilarity
Cosmopolitan
Joyful, with a pitch-perfect ending
Daily Express
Her best book yet. It's a romance - but about female friends, the outdoors and the magic of reading
Grazia
Immensely readable and enjoyable
Sunday Times
HER BEST NOVEL YET
The Times
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
Her best yet
Bookseller
Purest joy - even as it cheerfully breaks your heart. A go-get-em adventure about E Roosevelt's horseback librarians, it celebrates female friendship and the power of books
Damian Barr
I loved this dashing adventure set in 1930s Kentucky, America. Intensely moving and crammed with romance and emotion, this is a full-pack-of-tissues novel.
Sun
Based on a true story of the real Horseback Librarians of Kentucky this was a truly joyous and divine read. The rich, determined, extraordinary characters consumed me. The history, the setting; everything about this glorious book is superb
Nina Potell, Prima
Inspiring and wildly romantic
Daily Mail Books of the Year
Dipped into this on Saturday and then simply couldn't put it down. Superb characters, great story and sense of place. For me, her best yet. And I wept buckets over Me Before You!
Fanny Blake
Jojo's characterisation is so vivid, and the insight into the gender and race discrimination of the 1930s is truly eye opening
Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go
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
Joyous. Pucky female characters and wonderful writing. This is her best
Good Housekeeping
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
Moyes' best yet . . . A stonker of a read. Laced with humour and heartache, it's addictive
Sunday Post
About five extraordinary women in 1920s Kentucky, who worked on horseback as travelling librarians
Woman & Home
One to get lost in. Escape with this book and follow the story of five women who are embarking on a powerful journey - and refuse to obey any man's commands!
No. 1 Magazine, Books to cosy up with this winter
A brand-new page-turner . . . based on a true story and tracks five feisty women living in America during the Great Depression
That's Life
Purest joy - even as it cheerfully breaks your heart. A go-get-em adventure about E Roosevelt's horseback librarians, it celebrates female friendship and the power of books
Damian Barr
Epic
David Nicholls, bestselling author of One Day
She's done it again! Joyous. I loved this adventure story for girls for its plucky female characters and wonderful writing
Good Housekeeping, Books of the Year
Her best yet
Bookseller
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
Touching on the still-burning issues of control, violence, poverty and racism, Moyes has created a rollicking story that's perfect for long autumn nights. Enjoy . . .
Stylist
This big-hearted tale will stay in your head long after you have finished reading it
Independent
This blisteringly good novel is one to add to your basket quick smart
Fabulous, Sun
This blisteringly good novel is one to add to your basket quick smart
Fabulous, Sun
Both a love letter to reading and a hymn to female friendship, this is a tale packed full of romance, tension, and brilliantly drawn characters. Pure pleasure
Sunday Mirror
This most recent book of Jojo's is her best . . . I loved this adventure story for girls for its plucky female characters and wonderful writing
Good Housekeeping
Utterly enchanting
Mail on Sunday
Uplifting. One of Me Before You author Moyes's best novels
The Mail on Sunday
Explores the interconnected lives of five women with honesty and hilarity
Cosmopolitan
Utterly enchanting
Mail on Sunday
The Giver of Stars is the story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond . . . a classic drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion
SheerLuxe
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
Her best book yet. It's a romance - but about female friends, the outdoors and the magic of reading
Grazia
A brand-new page-turner . . . based on a true story and tracks five feisty women living in America during the Great Depression
That's Life
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
A heart-stopping read. Destined to be the novel that friends press upon each other
Independent on Sunday
I loved this dashing adventure set in 1930s Kentucky, America. Intensely moving and crammed with romance and emotion, this is a full-pack-of-tissues novel.
Sun
A sweeping story of female friendship with a dash of romance, set in 1930s Kentucky
Daily Express
As passionate about challenging gender stereotypes as it is enthralling in narrative sweep
i
A tender, funny and hopeful look at love, grief and life. Bumper box of tissues required
Stylist
Moyes' best yet . . . A stonker of a read. Laced with humour and heartache, it's addictive
Sunday Post
A triumph
Heat
With strong, memorable female characters and a sprinkling of men who can make a 'heart flutter like a clean sheet on a long line.' The Giver of Stars is a celebration of love, but also of reading, of knowledge, of female friendship . . . inspiring
Washington Post
About five extraordinary women in 1920s Kentucky, who worked on horseback as travelling librarians
Woman & Home
Jojo Moyes is back with this tale based on the real-life horseback librarians of Kentucky
Hello!
An inspiring, romantic tribute to female friendship and the power of books
Woman's Own
While her novel is set in the midst of the Great Depression, Moyes crafts a tale that's remarkably contemporary. Moyes depicts the courage and resourcefulness of these women in loving detail. A tribute not just to the brave women who brought the light of knowledge in dark times, but also to the rejuvenating bond of women's friendship.
Daily Mail
Based on a true story of the real Horseback Librarians of Kentucky this was a truly joyous and divine read. The rich, determined, extraordinary characters consumed me. The history, the setting; everything about this glorious book is superb
Nina Potell, Prima
An inspiring, romantic tribute to female friendship and the power of books
Woman's Own
Based on a true story, this poignant novel is a celebration of strong women and friendship. With a fast-paced plot and intricate characters, fans of Moyes won't be disappointed
Heat
It's an extraordinary story. This is the best thing she has written since Me Before You. Moyes writes with gusto and compassion
Metro
Both a love letter to reading and a hymn to female friendship, this is a tale packed full of romance, tension, and brilliantly drawn characters. Pure pleasure
Sunday Mirror
Moyes's book delivers evocative descriptions of the Kentucky landscape and rich historical detail. But it is in her compassionate portrayal of well-drawn characters that the novel's greatest strength lies
Hannah Beckerman, Observer
Britain's best contemporary female author
Sun on Sunday
Jojo Moyes is on dazzling form
Sunday Express
Celebrates the world of books . . . A fictional yarn about a quintet of extraordinary intrepid women from disparate backgrounds
RTE Guide
Celebrates the world of books . . . A fictional yarn about a quintet of extraordinary intrepid women from disparate backgrounds
RTE Guide
Concentrates on sisterhood and friendship
Scotsman, Best books to give this Christmas
This tribute to female friendship and the joy of books is a compelling read
Woman's Weekly
Dipped into this on Saturday and then simply couldn't put it down. Superb characters, great story and sense of place. For me, her best yet. And I wept buckets over Me Before You!
Fanny Blake
Based on a true story, this poignant novel is a celebration of strong women and friendship. With a fast-paced plot and intricate characters, fans of Moyes won't be disappointed
Heat
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 captivating tale of love, friendship and self-actualisation
People
From the very first page, I was drawn into the world and the characters that Jojo Moyes has so carefully created
Health & Wellbeing
Misfit women rule in a beguiling tale of unlikely love. Moyes writes with warmth and intelligence . . . the most appealing thing about The Giver of Stars, however, is her wonderful way with romance. Delightful
The Times
Her writing is beautiful and whimsical with unique storylines
Liv Arnold, author of Etched in Stone
Escapism in the form of adventure and sisterhood. A novel with real depth and feeling. Empowering
Press Association
Immensely readable and enjoyable
Sunday Times
Escapism in the form of adventure and sisterhood. This is a novel with real depth and feeling and touches on worker's rights, racism, environmentalism and education
i
It's an extraordinary story. This is the best thing she has written since Me Before You. Moyes writes with gusto and compassion
Metro
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
Jojo Moyes is back with another page turner. Inspired by a remarkable true story, The Giver of Stars features five incredible women who will prove to be every bit as beloved as Lou Clark, the unforgettable heroine of Me Before You
Stellar
HER BEST NOVEL YET
The Times
Jojo Moyes is back with this tale based on the real-life horseback librarians of Kentucky
Hello!
The author of Me Before You pulls off a cracker with this stirring, exciting adventure story inspired by true events, in depression-era Kentucky, women find freedom and friendship by joining a brigade of horseback librarians
Best
Jojo Moyes is on dazzling form
Sunday Express
Jojo Moyes is back with another page turner. Inspired by a remarkable true story, The Giver of Stars features five incredible women who will prove to be every bit as beloved as Lou Clark, the unforgettable heroine of Me Before You
Stellar
Joyful, with a pitch-perfect ending
Daily Express
One to get lost in. Escape with this book and follow the story of five women who are embarking on a powerful journey - and refuse to obey any man's commands!
No. 1 Magazine, Books to cosy up with this winter
Julia Whelan is perfect as Alice Wright
The Times, Pick of the Audiobooks
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
Misfit women rule in a beguiling tale of unlikely love. Moyes writes with warmth and intelligence . . . the most appealing thing about The Giver of Stars, however, is her wonderful way with romance. Delightful
The Times
Inspiring and wildly romantic
Daily Mail Books of the Year
Moyes somehow manages to break your heart before restoring your faith in love
Sunday Express
She's done it again! Joyous. I loved this adventure story for girls for its plucky female characters and wonderful writing
Good Housekeeping, Books of the Year
Moyes's book delivers evocative descriptions of the Kentucky landscape and rich historical detail. But it is in her compassionate portrayal of well-drawn characters that the novel's greatest strength lies
Hannah Beckerman, Observer
Julia Whelan is perfect as Alice Wright
The Times, Pick of the Audiobooks
Raw, funny, real and sad, this is storytelling at its best
Marie Claire
Concentrates on sisterhood and friendship
Scotsman, Best books to give this Christmas
The author of Me Before You pulls off a cracker with this stirring, exciting adventure story inspired by true events, in depression-era Kentucky, women find freedom and friendship by joining a brigade of horseback librarians
Best
A sweeping story of female friendship with a dash of romance, set in 1930s Kentucky
Daily Express
The Giver of Stars is the story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond . . . a classic drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion
SheerLuxe
Took me to the mountains of depression-era Kentucky where brave women librarians risked all to deliver books on horseback
Damian Barr, Big Issue Books of the Year
The storytelling treads the delicate balance between heartbreak and hope perfectly
Good Housekeeping
Her writing is beautiful and whimsical with unique storylines
Liv Arnold, author of Etched in Stone
This tribute to female friendship and the joy of books is a compelling read
Woman's Weekly
Jojo's characterisation is so vivid, and the insight into the gender and race discrimination of the 1930s is truly eye opening
Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go
This truly beautiful story made us laugh, smile and sob like a baby - you simply have to read it
Closer
Uplifting. One of Me Before You author Moyes's best novels
The Mail on Sunday
Took me to the mountains of depression-era Kentucky where brave women librarians risked all to deliver books on horseback
Damian Barr, Big Issue Books of the Year
From the very first page, I was drawn into the world and the characters that Jojo Moyes has so carefully created
Health & Wellbeing
Touching on the still-burning issues of control, violence, poverty and racism, Moyes has created a rollicking story that's perfect for long autumn nights. Enjoy . . .
Stylist
A fabulous adventure story
Best
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
This big-hearted tale will stay in your head long after you have finished reading it
Independent
While her novel is set in the midst of the Great Depression, Moyes crafts a tale that's remarkably contemporary. Moyes depicts the courage and resourcefulness of these women in loving detail. A tribute not just to the brave women who brought the light of knowledge in dark times, but also to the rejuvenating bond of women's friendship.
Daily Mail
Joyous. Pucky female characters and wonderful writing. This is her best
Good Housekeeping
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
A heart-wrenching love story, a nail-biting legal drama and a beautiful study of female friendship
Daily Mail
With strong, memorable female characters and a sprinkling of men who can make a 'heart flutter like a clean sheet on a long line.' The Giver of Stars is a celebration of love, but also of reading, of knowledge, of female friendship . . . inspiring
Washington Post
An exploration of people's cruelty and also their kindness
Ruth Junes, Good Housekeeping
Wonderfully written and completely engrossing, with exquisitely drawn characters in a brilliantly plotted narrative
Daily Mail
An enthralling read based on a true story
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