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Bookshelf Treasures
Featured book:The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson
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.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM (Mountain Time)
Facilitated by Kaye Chatterton, Director of the CAW Wisdom Institute
Capacity: 15
We’ll be exploring a new book each month, with each session dedicated to a different title.
Next class: Tuesday, Aug 18, 2026
Title: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Published: Oct 2021 Pages: 588
Email us with suggestions, croneawakeningwisdom.@gmail.com
Recommend purchase of used books from Ebay.com/ or your public library.