It's a way of honoring her dead mother, who loved books, and it almost makes her forget the fact that her skin is blue, a family trait that sets her apart from the white community.
In 1936, 19-year-old Cussy Mary Carter works for the New Deal funded Pack Horse Library Project, delivering reading material to the rural people of Kentucky. This gem of a historical from Richardson (The Sisters of Glass Ferry) features an indomitable heroine navigating a community steeped in racial intolerance. The Engineer's Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood Other Bestselling Historical Fiction from Sourcebooks Landmark: Look for The Book Woman's Daughter, the new novel from Kim Michele Richardson, out now! Inspired by the true blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse library service of the 1930s, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman's belief that books can carry us anywhere-even back home. If Cussy wants to bring the joy of books to the hill folks, she's going to have to confront prejudice as old as the Appalachias and suspicion as deep as the holler. Not everyone is keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter.Ĭussy's not only a book woman, however, she's also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything-everything except books, that is.
The perfect addition to your next book club! The bestselling historical fiction novel from Kim Michele Richardson, this is a novel following Cussy Mary, a packhorse librarian and her quest to bring books to the Appalachian community she loves, perfect for readers of William Kent Kreuger and Lisa Wingate. RECOMMENDED BY DOLLY PARTON IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE!
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