This is one of the most fascinating historical fiction books I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading/listening to. Kentucky Coal Mines, Blue People and Books! This book is profound in its themes and sweet in its sentiments. Her narration was a true benefit to this book. Her performance is believable and understandable and she brings such emotion to all of the characters. The narration is phenomenal as Katie Schorr does a tremendous job. I realized how important it was for the author to set the foundation of Gussy's life and the people in it so I could then see how all the pieces fit together at the end (and they all do). At first, I found the book a little slow to get into.but once I did, I couldn't stop. She holds her head high and continues to bring comfort through books to her charges. We see her growth as a 19-year-old girl whose mother is dead and her father is a miner as she takes pride in her job, despite the ridicule she receives from the bigoted folks who live in town. Through her deliveries, we get to know the people on her route - almost all of them impoverished but with an intense love of the written word. Inspired by the real blue people of Kentucky and the Pack Horse Libraries instituted by President Roosevelt, this is a compelling, sweet, sad and ultimately uplifting story of Cussy Mary, one of the last blue people living in the holler who also serves as a pack horse librarian. 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.Ĥ.5 Stars. 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. Not everyone is keen on Cussy’s family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. Thanks to Roosevelt’s Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome’s got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter.Ĭussy’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. The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything―everything except books, that is.
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