Richardson, Kim Michele
"Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind
her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library Project
Cussy delivers books to the hill folk of Troublesome
hoping to spread learning in these desperate times. But not everyone is so keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project
and the hardscrabble Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble in their small town. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage
fierce strength
and one woman's determination to bring a little bit of hope to the darkly hollers"--