What value is
a book?
“I’m out of new reading
material!”
“I’ve read everything in the
house!”
Those were a few comments I heard
from avid readers in the last few months as the libraries and bookstores have
been closed during the pandemic. (Of
course, this was from people who don’t do
ebooks.) But still…out of
books? How can that be?
I’m
reminded of how recently in our history there truly was a shortage of
books. During World War II, American
soldiers serving overseas were in wont of good reading material—so much so,
that communities back home held book drives to send books to our soldiers. An intriguing account of this time is found
in When Books Went to War by Molly
Guptill Manning. BTW, she notes the most
sought after book by our soldiers during that time was A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith…a really good read.
![The Giver of Stars: A Novel by [Jojo Moyes]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51aQGTp2VfL.jpg)
Recently,
The Giver of Stars, a novel by JoJo
Moyes found its way to my Kindle. It
tells of a time during the Great Depression when books were in short supply,
and Eleanor Roosevelt initiated the Traveling Library. Women were hired to deliver books to
families, and in this novel, they were taken to back-country Kentucky via
horseback. Wow! What a great read. You’ll want to check it out before the movie
is released! The Amazon link to purchase the book is below.
I hope I never take for granted
the value of a good book.
https://www.amazon.com/Giver-Stars-Novel-Jojo-Moyes-ebook/dp/B07NKP3JL4/
