WHAT WE ARE READING
Next Meeting: November 3 at 6:30 PM via Zoom (link above) - Note the time change in November!
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
From Goodreads.com, "In 1936, tucked deep into the woods of Troublesome Creek, KY, lives blue-skinned 19-year-old Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry.
The lonely young Appalachian woman joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a librarian, riding across slippery creek beds and up treacherous mountains on her faithful mule to deliver books and other reading material to the impoverished hill people of Eastern Kentucky.
Along her dangerous route, Cussy, known to the mountain folk as Bluet, confronts those suspicious of her damselfly-blue skin and the government's new book program. She befriends hardscrabble and complex fellow Kentuckians, and is fiercely determined to bring comfort and joy, instill literacy, and give to those who have nothing, a bookly respite, a fleeting retreat to faraway lands.”
Print, eBook, and downloadable audio copies of the book are available from Wake County Public Libraries. It is also available at local and online booksellers in multiple formats.
The Zoom link for the meeting is above, as well as in the church calendar on the CPC app under the Cool Books Club entry. If you would like more information, please contact Ellen Cline. All are welcome!
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
From Goodreads.com, "In 1936, tucked deep into the woods of Troublesome Creek, KY, lives blue-skinned 19-year-old Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry.
The lonely young Appalachian woman joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a librarian, riding across slippery creek beds and up treacherous mountains on her faithful mule to deliver books and other reading material to the impoverished hill people of Eastern Kentucky.
Along her dangerous route, Cussy, known to the mountain folk as Bluet, confronts those suspicious of her damselfly-blue skin and the government's new book program. She befriends hardscrabble and complex fellow Kentuckians, and is fiercely determined to bring comfort and joy, instill literacy, and give to those who have nothing, a bookly respite, a fleeting retreat to faraway lands.”
Print, eBook, and downloadable audio copies of the book are available from Wake County Public Libraries. It is also available at local and online booksellers in multiple formats.
The Zoom link for the meeting is above, as well as in the church calendar on the CPC app under the Cool Books Club entry. If you would like more information, please contact Ellen Cline. All are welcome!