5/12/2023 0 Comments The book troublesome creek![]() 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. Maybe I’ll try again someday, but I’m tabling this story for now. ![]() After only a few chapters, I gave up on this one because I hated the writing style, feeling the story was too contrived and rather dull. ![]() ![]() Nineteen-year-old Cussy Carter, the last remaining member of the rare blue-skinned Appalachian people, must overcome the suspicions of the locals and win their friendship to fulfill her mission of delivering books. Series: Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Book 1ĭuring the Great Depression, the Pack Horse Library Project in rural Kentucky brought books to rural Kentuckians through horseback-writing librarians. ![]()
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