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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel Paperback - 2019

by Richardson, Kim Michele

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  • Title The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel
  • Author Richardson, Kim Michele
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Sourcebooks Landmark
  • Date 2019-05-07
  • Features Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5D4000009MB9_ns
  • ISBN 9781492671527 / 1492671525
  • Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 1 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Kentucky, Packhorse librarians
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018033574
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.6

From the publisher

The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything--everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter.

Cussy'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. Not everyone is keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. 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.

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.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/01/2019, Page 15
  • BookPage, 05/01/2019, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/15/2019, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 05/01/2019, Page 86
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/11/2019, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 05/10/2019, Page 0