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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
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
From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, a haunting story set deep in moonshine country, where love, loss, redemption and atonement intersect in the dark secrets surrounding a 1952 prom night when two teens go missing in rural Kentucky. A SIBA
Odlehlou horskou část Kentucky sužuje velká hospodářská krize víc než bohatší části Spojených států. Lidé živoří, ale nevzdávají se. Cussy Mary Carterová se v rámci podpůrného programu vlády stává knihovnicí Pojízdných knihoven, které s čtivem přinášejí
eBook: Odlehlou horskou část Kentucky sužuje velká hospodářská krize víc než bohatší části Spojených států. Lidé živoří, ale nevzdávají se. Cussy Mary Carterová se v rámci podpůrného programu vlády stává knihovnicí Pojízdných knihoven, které se čtivem
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