Kim Michele Richardson
Autor de The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Photo by Andrew Eccles, Andrew Eccles Studio NY, NY
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Obras de Kim Michele Richardson
The Book Woman?s Daugher 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1950s or 1960s
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Kentucky, USA
North Carolina, USA - Organizaciones
- Habitat for Humanity
Prevention of Child Abuse - Biografía breve
- NYT and USA TODAY bestselling author, Kim Michele Richardson resides in her home state of Kentucky. She has volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, building houses, and is an advocate for the prevention of child abuse and domestic violence, partnering with the U.S. Navy globally to bring awareness and education to the prevention of domestic violence. She is the author of the bestselling memoir The Unbreakable Child, and a book critic for the New York Journal of Books. Her novels include, Liar's Bench, GodPretty in the Tobacco Field and The Sisters of Glass Ferry. Kim Michele latest novel is The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, a NYT bestseller about the fierce and brave Kentucky Packhorse librarians of Kentucky.
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek por Kim Michele Richardson
An enjoyable historical story about a pack-horse librarian in 1930s Kentucky.
Historical fiction set in western Kentucky in the 1950s.
It's main character, Honey, is the daughter of Cussy, the "book woman" from The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek hence the title of this second book in the series.
Honey is a teenager who, as well as being one of the "Blue People" due to a rare genetic disease just like her mother, becomes a "book woman" like her too.
Honey must make very hard choices to survive on her own terms when she is separated from her parents due to a troubling series of events.… (más)
It's main character, Honey, is the daughter of Cussy, the "book woman" from The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek hence the title of this second book in the series.
Honey is a teenager who, as well as being one of the "Blue People" due to a rare genetic disease just like her mother, becomes a "book woman" like her too.
Honey must make very hard choices to survive on her own terms when she is separated from her parents due to a troubling series of events.… (más)
Historical fiction set in western Kentucky in the 1930s.
It's main character, Cussy, is a traveling "book woman", whose job it is to travel around very remote areas of her community and deliver books and reading material to her neighbors.
Cussy also happens to be one of Kentucky's "Blue People" due to a rare genetic disease she and her family have inherited.
As a result of her color, she and those like her face racial discrimination at almost every turn.
Cussy does have a cadre of family and friends who look out for her and help her in her fight for justice for herself and her impoverished community.
An eye opening book on an area and a history I knew nothing about.… (más)
It's main character, Cussy, is a traveling "book woman", whose job it is to travel around very remote areas of her community and deliver books and reading material to her neighbors.
Cussy also happens to be one of Kentucky's "Blue People" due to a rare genetic disease she and her family have inherited.
As a result of her color, she and those like her face racial discrimination at almost every turn.
Cussy does have a cadre of family and friends who look out for her and help her in her fight for justice for herself and her impoverished community.
An eye opening book on an area and a history I knew nothing about.… (más)
This is a beautiful book that deals with the effects of prejudice, poverty, and marginalization on not only a community, but also the lives of the inhabitants.
Cussy Mary is a "blue Kentuckian" who faces poverty, abuse and discrimination, and the early death of loved ones. She brings hope by delivering library books on muleback to her patrons in an isolated, despairing community during the depths of the Great Depression. Through their love of books, she and her patrons find a common "language" and begin to forge a tentative friendship that helps overcome differences.
Cussy longs for the deeper connection of a family, but as the last of her kind, she believes that "dreams are for books" and is determined to become self-reliant, finding her purpose in her work.
In an interview, the author observes that "knowing one small piece of this world- the earth, the sky, the plants, the people, and the very air of it- helps us to understand the sufferings and joys of others ourselves." This novel certainly helps readers do just thatl
… (más)
Cussy Mary is a "blue Kentuckian" who faces poverty, abuse and discrimination, and the early death of loved ones. She brings hope by delivering library books on muleback to her patrons in an isolated, despairing community during the depths of the Great Depression. Through their love of books, she and her patrons find a common "language" and begin to forge a tentative friendship that helps overcome differences.
Cussy longs for the deeper connection of a family, but as the last of her kind, she believes that "dreams are for books" and is determined to become self-reliant, finding her purpose in her work.
In an interview, the author observes that "knowing one small piece of this world- the earth, the sky, the plants, the people, and the very air of it- helps us to understand the sufferings and joys of others ourselves." This novel certainly helps readers do just thatl
… (más)
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- Miembros
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- Popularidad
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- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 268
- ISBNs
- 77
- Idiomas
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