Giver Of Stars 9780798144940 Martin has conjured a world

Martin has conjured a world as complex and vibrant as that of J

When he was the brilliant young protégé of Louis Pasteur

Illustrated with a wealth of original photographs

Thanks to that almost supernatural skill

was shot dead at the wheel of his Buick in the early hours of 24 January 1941

Giver Of Stars 9780798144940 Martin has conjured a worldAlice 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 the new love she's found will be lost . . . 'A beguiling tale