The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

  • Author Kim Michele Richardson
  • Narrator Katie Schorr
  • Publisher Blackstone Publishing
  • Run Time 9 hours and 26 minutes
  • Format Audio
  • Genre Historical fiction.
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER

A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER

A PBS BOOK PICK

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.

Critics Review

  • “This is Richardson’s finest, as beautiful and honest as it is fierce and heart-wrenching.”

    Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author

  • “A hauntingly atmospheric love letter to the first mobile library in Kentucky and the fierce, brave pack-horse librarians who wove their way from shack to shack dispensing literacy, hope, and—just as importantly—a compassionate human connection.”

    Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author

  • “Fascinating…The factual information alone would make this book a treasure, but with her impressive storytelling and empathy, Richardson gives us so much more.”

    Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author

  • “[A] demonstration of the power of learning to overcome prejudice.”

    Forbes

  • “This gem of a historical…[is] fine rendering of rural Kentucky life.”

    Publishers Weekly

  • “Based on true stories from different times, this novel packs a lot of hot topics into one narrative.”

    Library Journal

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