The book woman of Troublesome Creek
(2019)

Fiction

Book

Call Numbers:
FICTION/RICHARDSON,K

0 Holds on 1 Copy

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Fiction FICTION/RICHARDSON,K Due: 4/2/2024

Details

PUBLISHED
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2019]
DESCRIPTION

308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781492691631, 1492691631 :, 9781492671527 (trade paperback : alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library Project, Cussy delivers books to the hill folk of Troublesome, hoping to spread learning in these desperate times. But not everyone is so keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and the hardscrabble Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble in their small town. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman's determination to bring a little bit of hope to the darkly hollers"--