This book is also about the WPA pack horse librarian project.
I highly recommend it!
There has been some controversy associated with The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek and Giver of the Stars by Jojo Moyes because of similarities between the two books.
Sure, both are about pack horse librarians in Kentucky in the 1930's, but they are very different stories.
For one thing, the Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is one of the mysterious blue people. Because she is blue, "Cussy" faces prejudice and ill treatment not only for being a woman, but for being "colored."
This book is filled with plenty of cultural detail about herbal remedies, superstition, foodways, dialect, etc.
It's also a stark portrayal of the poverty in the hills during that time period.
We tend to romanticize "the good ol' days," but this book will make you think again about that. For that reason, and because it's just a captivating story, I recommend this book.
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