{"id":194,"date":"2023-09-29T19:34:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T19:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/?p=194"},"modified":"2023-09-29T20:10:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T20:10:40","slug":"october-book-of-the-month-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/2023\/09\/29\/october-book-of-the-month-club\/","title":{"rendered":"October&#8217;s Book Club Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Meet here on October 25th @ 5:30<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/files\/2023\/09\/the-Giver-of-Stars.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/files\/2023\/09\/the-Giver-of-Stars-696x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/files\/2023\/09\/the-Giver-of-Stars-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/files\/2023\/09\/the-Giver-of-Stars-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/files\/2023\/09\/the-Giver-of-Stars-768x1131.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/files\/2023\/09\/the-Giver-of-Stars-1043x1536.jpg 1043w, https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/files\/2023\/09\/the-Giver-of-Stars.jpg 1391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Giver of Stars is a 2019 historical fiction novel about packhorse librarians in a remote area of Kentucky. Set in Depression-era America, The Giver of Stars is the story of five extraordinary women and their journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt\u2019s new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The leader, and soon Alice\u2019s greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who\u2019s never asked a man\u2019s permission for anything. They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What happens to them\u2013and to the men they love\u2013becomes an unforgettable drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion. These heroic women refuse to be cowed by men or by convention. And though they face all kinds of dangers in a landscape that is at times breathtakingly beautiful, at others brutal, they\u2019re committed to their job: bringing books to people who have never had any, arming them with facts that will change their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on a true story rooted in America\u2019s past,&nbsp;<em>The Giver of Stars<\/em>&nbsp;is unparalleled in its scope and epic in its storytelling. Funny, heartbreaking, enthralling, it is destined to become a modern classic\u2013a richly rewarding novel of women\u2019s friendship, of true love, and of what happens when we reach beyond our grasp for the great beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet here on October 25th @ 5:30 The Giver of Stars is a 2019 historical fiction novel about packhorse librarians in a remote area of Kentucky. Set in Depression-era America, The Giver of Stars is the story of five extraordinary women and their journey through the mountains of Kentucky and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/2023\/09\/29\/october-book-of-the-month-club\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/osmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}