The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Author: Kim Michele Richardson
The New York Times and USA Today bestseller!In 1936, tucked deep into the woods of Troublesome Creek, KY, lives blue-skinned 19-year-old Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry. The lonely young Appalachian woman joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a librarian, riding across slippery creek beds and up treach….Read More
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