The Giver of Stars, Jo Jo Moyes

Set in the mountains of Kentucky during depression-era America, Eleanor Roosevelt decries books are essential for everyone. Horseback librarians are called into service to deliver to the most desolate of places, and to some of the surliest of individuals.

The women in one small town take up the call and against all odds, seriously, frost-biting cold, angry patrons, unruly husbands, and anything else that could be imagined during this time, deliver much-needed and much-desired books to those in the outlying areas.

Of course, there is a couple underlying romances brewing and a marriage that is fraught with issue, but none was too expected or over-the-top. I enjoyed every minute of this book and learned about a group of book heroes I never previously knew about. A fantastic read.