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The Giver of Stars
- Author
- Jojo Moyes
- Narrator
- Julia Whelan
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 3 October 2019
- Run Time
- 13 hours 52 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Historical romance, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Romance: ‘western’, rural or ‘outback’
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
The spellbinding story of love, friendship and the power of words to change the world by the international bestselling author of Me Before You
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 new love she's found will be lost . . .
Read by Audie-award winner Julie Whelan.
'Her best novel yet. Julian Whelan [is] the perfect reader' The Times
'Utterly enchanting' Mail on Sunday
'Epic' David Nicholls, bestselling author of One Day
© Jojo Moyes 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019
Critics Review
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HER BEST NOVEL YET
The Times
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Inspiring and wildly romantic
Daily Mail Books of the Year
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Utterly enchanting
Mail on Sunday
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Epic
David Nicholls, bestselling author of One Day
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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
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Fantastic!
dixoncla 2026-05-19
Details
- Author
- Jojo Moyes
- Narrator
- Julia Whelan
- Duration
- 13 hours 52 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 October 2019
- ISBN
- 9781405941341
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Historical romance, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Romance: ‘western’, rural or ‘outback’
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.The spellbinding story of love, friendship and the power of words to change the world by the international bestselling author of Me Before YouThe 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 new love she's found will be lost . . .Read by Audie-award winner Julie Whelan.'Her best novel yet. Julian Whelan [is] the perfect reader' The Times'Utterly enchanting' Mail on Sunday'Epic' David Nicholls, bestselling author of One Day© Jojo Moyes 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019
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