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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

Author : Kim Michele Richardson
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492671533
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek written by Kim Michele Richardson and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RECOMMENDED BY DOLLY PARTON IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE! A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER The bestselling historical fiction novel from Kim Michele Richardson, this is a novel following Cussy Mary, a packhorse librarian and her quest to bring books to the Appalachian community she loves, perfect for readers of William Kent Kreuger and Lisa Wingate. The perfect addition to your next book club! 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. Look for The Book Woman's Daughter, the new novel from Kim Michele Richardson, out now! Other Bestselling Historical Fiction from Sourcebooks Landmark: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict The Engineer's Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris

The Book Woman's Daughter

Author : Kim Michele Richardson
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1728242606
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book The Book Woman's Daughter written by Kim Michele Richardson and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "A powerful portrait of the courageous women who fought against ignorance, misogyny, and racial prejudice." —William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of This Tender Land and Lightning Strike The new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek! Bestselling historical fiction author Kim Michele Richardson is back with the perfect book club read following Honey Lovett, the daughter of the beloved Troublesome book woman, who must fight for her own independence with the help of the women who guide her and the books that set her free. In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Picking up her mother's old packhorse library route, Honey begins to deliver books to the remote hollers of Appalachia. Honey is looking to prove that she doesn't need anyone telling her how to survive. But the route can be treacherous, and some folks aren't as keen to let a woman pave her own way. If Honey wants to bring the freedom books provide to the families who need it most, she's going to have to fight for her place, and along the way, learn that the extraordinary women who run the hills and hollers can make all the difference in the world. Praise for The Book Woman's Daughter: "In Kim Michele Richardson's beautifully and authentically rendered The Book Woman's Daughter she once again paints a stunning portrait of the raw, somber beauty of Appalachia, the strong resolve of remarkable women living in a world dominated by men, and the power of books and sisterhood to prevail in the harshest circumstances. A critical and profoundly important read for our time. Badassery womanhood at its best!"—Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants "Fierce, beautiful and inspirational, Kim Michele Richardson has created a powerful tale about brave extraordinary heroines who are downright haunting and unforgettable."—Abbott Kahler, New York Times bestselling author (as Karen Abbott) of The Ghosts of Eden Park

Angel at Troublesome Creek

Author : Mignon Franklin Ballard
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312241755
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Angel at Troublesome Creek written by Mignon Franklin Ballard and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-10-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her Aunt Caroline dies under mysterious circumstances, Mary George Murphy can only discover the truth with the help of her Guardian Angel, Augusta Goodnight, who last visited Earth during World War II and still loves Swing music.

This Lovely City

Author : Louise Hare
Publisher : House of Anansi
ISBN 13 : 148700706X
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book This Lovely City written by Louise Hare and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An atmospheric and utterly compelling debut novel about a Jamaican immigrant living in postwar London, This Lovely City shows that new arrivals have always been the prime suspects — but that even in the face of anger and fear, there is always hope. London, 1950. With the war over and London still rebuilding, jazz musician Lawrie Matthews has answered England’s call for labour. Arriving from Jamaica aboard the Empire Windrush, he’s rented a tiny room in south London and fallen in love with the girl next door. Playing in Soho’s jazz clubs by night and pacing the streets as a postman by day, Lawrie has poured his heart into his new home — and it’s alive with possibility. Until one morning, while crossing a misty common, he makes a terrible discovery. As the local community rallies, fingers of blame point at those who were recently welcomed with open arms. And before long, London’s newest arrivals become the prime suspects in a tragedy that threatens to tear the city apart. Immersive, poignant, and utterly compelling, Louise Hare’s debut examines the complexities of love and belonging, and teaches us that even in the face of anger and fear, there is always hope.

GodPretty in the Tobacco Field

Author : Kim Michele Richardson
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 1617737364
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book GodPretty in the Tobacco Field written by Kim Michele Richardson and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rural Kentucky teenager comes of age in the summer of 1969 in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Nameless, Kentucky, in 1969 is a hardscrabble community where jobs are few and poverty is a simple fact—just like the hot Appalachian breeze or the pests that can destroy a tobacco field. RubyLyn Bishop is luckier than some. Her God-fearing uncle, Gunnar, has a short fuse and high expectations, but he’s given her a good home ever since she was orphaned at the age of five. Yet now a month shy of her sixteenth birthday, RubyLyn itches for more. Maybe it’s something to do with the paper fortunetellers RubyLyn has been making for townsfolk, each covered with beautifully wrought, prophetic drawings. Or perhaps it’s because of Rainey Ford, her black neighbor who works alongside her in the tobacco field and with whom she has a kinship—despite the disapproval of others. RubyLyn’s predictions are just wishful thinking, not magic at all, but through them she’s imagining life as it could be, away from the prejudice and hardship that ripple through Nameless… “A voice rich and authentic, steeped in the somber beauty that defines life in the South.”—David Joy, author of When These Mountains Burn “Richardson’s brilliant writing made me feel as though I were transported back in time…and actually there witnessing this poignant heartfelt story.”—Charles Belfoure, New York Times–bestselling author of The Fallen Architect “A reader always recognizes when the author has poured her soul into a body of work. [This] is a tender, beautifully written second novel.”—Ann Hite, author of the Black Mountain series

The Sisters of Glass Ferry

Author : Kim Michele Richardson
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1496734238
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book The Sisters of Glass Ferry written by Kim Michele Richardson and published by Kensington Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patsy Butler disappears with her date on prom night, never to return. Twenty years later, her twin sister Flannery begins to solve the mystery and uncover secrets of her small Kentucky town.

Liar's Bench

Author : Kim Michele Richardson
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 149673422X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book Liar's Bench written by Kim Michele Richardson and published by Kensington Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes recipes and a reading group guide (pages [254]-261).

Cabin on Trouble Creek

Author : Jean Van Leeuwen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0142411647
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Cabin on Trouble Creek written by Jean Van Leeuwen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After clearing enough forest to build a log cabin for their new home, Pa returns east to fetch the rest of the family, while young brothers Daniel and Will stay behind to watch the land. Pa had planned to return within six weeks . . . but something must have gone wrong. Now the boys must survive the winter with only a few supplies and their ability to invent and improvise. But are they alone in the woods? Jean Van Leeuwen?s engrossing novel of pioneer survival is based on a true incident.

The Giver of Stars

Author : Jojo Moyes
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399562508
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Giver of Stars written by Jojo Moyes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A REESE WITHERSPOON X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK “A great narrative about personal strength and really captures how books bring communities together.” —Reese Witherspoon From the author of The Last Letter from Your Lover, now a major motion picture on Netflix, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond in Depression-era America Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve, hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who's never asked a man's permission for anything. They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky. What happens to them--and to the men they love--becomes an unforgettable drama of loyalty, justice, humanity, and passion. These heroic women refuse to be cowed by men or by convention. And though they face all kinds of dangers in a landscape that is at times breathtakingly beautiful, at others brutal, they’re committed to their job: bringing books to people who have never had any, arming them with facts that will change their lives. Based on a true story rooted in America’s past, The Giver of Stars is unparalleled in its scope and epic in its storytelling. Funny, heartbreaking, enthralling, it is destined to become a modern classic--a richly rewarding novel of women’s friendship, of true love, and of what happens when we reach beyond our grasp for the great beyond.

The Unbreakable Child

Author : Kim Michele Richardson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615714691
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book The Unbreakable Child written by Kim Michele Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abuse of children is always appalling and unforgiveable. There's an added layer of disgrace to the crime when the perpetrators abuse not only children but their own authority and religious power. Such was the case with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth at the St. Thomas-St. Vincent Orphanage in rural Kentucky, where more than a dozen nuns, a resident priest, and several other male employees routinely abused the boys and girls in their care.

Down Cut Shin Creek

Author : Kathi Appelt
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060291354
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Down Cut Shin Creek written by Kathi Appelt and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2001-04-24 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 4:30 in the morning, and the "book woman" and her horse are already on their way. Hers is an important job, for the folks along her treacherous route are eager for the tattered books and magazines she carries in her saddlebags. During the Great Depression, thousands lived on the brink of starvation. Many perished. In 1935 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Works Progess Administration under his 1933 New Deal initiative. The WPA was designed to get people back on their feet. One of its most innovative programs was the Pack Horse Library Project of Eastern Kentucky. Thoroughly researched and illustrated with period photographs, this is the story of one of the WPA's greatest successes. People all over the country supported the project's goals. But it was the librarians themselves -- young, determined, and earning just $28 a month -- who brought the hope of a wider world to people in the crooks and hollows of Kentucky's Cumberland Mountains.

Willow Springs

Author : Jan Watson
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414360053
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Willow Springs written by Jan Watson and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1883 and following a whirlwind courtship, seventeen-year-old Copper Brown finds herself living in the bustling city of Lexington, KY, far away from her beloved mountain home, newly married to a man she barely knows. Having been raised to put her trust in God, Copper sets out to find a purpose for this new life that she'd never imagined.

Troublesome Creek

Author : Jan Watson
Publisher : Tyndale House Pub
ISBN 13 : 1414304471
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Troublesome Creek written by Jan Watson and published by Tyndale House Pub. This book was released on 2005 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised in the Kentucky mountains, Laura "Copper" Grace is faced with the prospects of losing everything she loves when her stepmother threatens to send her away to boarding school to become a lady, in a heartwarming historical novel set in the 1880s. Original.

This Tender Land

Author : William Kent Krueger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476749310
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book This Tender Land written by William Kent Krueger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “If you liked Where the Crawdads Sing, you’ll love This Tender Land...This story is as big-hearted as they come.” —Parade The unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the Mississippi River on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression. In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota’s Gilead River, Odie O’Banion is an orphan confined to the Lincoln Indian Training School, a pitiless place where his lively nature earns him the superintendent’s wrath. Forced to flee after committing a terrible crime, he and his brother, Albert, their best friend, Mose, and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own. Over the course of one summer, these four orphans journey into the unknown and cross paths with others who are adrift, from struggling farmers and traveling faith healers to displaced families and lost souls of all kinds. With the feel of a modern classic, This Tender Land is an enthralling, big-hearted epic that shows how the magnificent American landscape connects us all, haunts our dreams, and makes us whole.

Pencilvania

Author : Stephanie Watson
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1728215919
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Pencilvania written by Stephanie Watson and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this illustrated, modern take on The Phantom Tollbooth meets Harold and the Purple Crayon, author Stephanie Watson beautifully explores grief and creativity through an unforgettable fantasy world. Ever since she first learned to hold a crayon, Zora Webb has been unstoppable. Zora draws hamsters wearing pajamas and balloons and Lake Superior and pancakes and hundreds of horses. Her drawings fill sketchbooks and cover the walls of the happy home she shares with Frankie and their mother. But when Zora's mom is diagnosed with leukemia, everything changes. After months of illness, she dies, and with her goes Zora's love of creation. Desperate to escape the pain, Zora scribbles out her artwork. Her dark, furious scribbles lift off the page and yank Zora and Frankie into Pencilvania, a magical world that's home to everything Zora has ever drawn. And one drawing—a scribbled-out horse named Viscardi—is determined to finish the destruction Zora started. Viscardi kidnaps Frankie, promising to scribble her and all of Pencilvania out at sunrise. Zora sets out to rescue her sister, venturing deep into Pencilvania—a place crawling with memories, dangers, and new friends. If she is to save Frankie, Zora will have to face the darkness that both surrounds her and is inside of her.

Apple and Magnolia

Author : Laura Gehl
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
ISBN 13 : 1646982428
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (469 download)

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Download or read book Apple and Magnolia written by Laura Gehl and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britta visits her two favorite trees, Apple and Magnolia, every day. Though she can't explain it, she's sure they are best friends! Then one day, Magnolia’s branches start to droop. Is there anything Britta—or Apple—can do to help? After all, unusual friendships can be the most powerful of all. With a lyrical story and vibrant art, Apple and Magnolia unveils the extraordinary connections between trees and the wondrous bonds between all living things. The book includes an author’s note offering facts about how trees communicate with one another. A downloadable discussion guide with more information will be available February 2022 at flyawaybooks.com/resources.

Blood in the Hills

Author : Bruce Stewart
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813134277
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Blood in the Hills written by Bruce Stewart and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many antebellum Americans, Appalachia was a frightening wilderness of lawlessness, peril, robbers, and hidden dangers. The extensive media coverage of horse stealing and scalping raids profiled the regionÕs residents as intrinsically violent. After the Civil War, this characterization continued to permeate perceptions of the area and news of the conflict between the Hatfields and the McCoys, as well as the bloodshed associated with the coal labor strikes, cemented AppalachiaÕs violent reputation. Blood in the Hills: A History of Violence in Appalachia provides an in-depth historical analysis of hostility in the region from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Editor Bruce E. Stewart discusses aspects of the Appalachian violence culture, examining skirmishes with the native population, conflicts resulting from the regionÕs rapid modernization, and violence as a function of social control. The contributors also address geographical isolation and ethnicity, kinship, gender, class, and race with the purpose of shedding light on an often-stereotyped regional past. Blood in the Hills does not attempt to apologize for the region but uses detailed research and analysis to explain it, delving into the social and political factors that have defined Appalachia throughout its violent history.