Given it was such a closed world, I also liked the tensions inherent in introducing someone “foreign” into it.” I felt that if much of it was seen through the eyes of someone unfamiliar with that world, it made everything a little more accessible. “Well, it felt pretty audacious to be writing about Appalachia, even with research. Why did you choose to include a British character in this very American novel? The protagonist in THE GIVER OF STARS, Alice, is a British woman who moves to Kentucky after marrying an American man. Without knowledge, people have fewer opportunities to move upwards.” Libraries are one of the few resources where people can be sheltered, educated and entertained without having to pay, and it pains me that they are under such threat. My parents didn’t have much money when I was growing up so the weekly visit to the local library was a key part of my education, and my love of reading. Libraries play a key role in THE GIVER OF STARS, and keen readers will notice you often include a library in your novels.
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