The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

merry_4015 shared a tip "An interesting historical fiction about the blue people in the hills of Kentucky coal country. Charming and lighthearted, reminiscent of Christy by Catherine Marshall, and Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes."

kolika_simmons shared a tip "So this is actually a really good book if you like slice of Life historical fiction. I think my one complaint would be that it has a little bit of a frustrating ending but it also has very little plot other than "a year in the life of" etc. I will say that I enjoyed it because it made me Google a lot of things and learn a lot of neat stuff! I had never heard of the blues of Kentucky, for example. It's definitely a good read."

barbara_jenkins_5060 shared a tip "Along with The Bookwoman’s Daughter, you have two perfect books. Thanks to the hard, and sometimes dangerous, work of these brave traveling librarians, books got into the hands of isolated families in the Appalachian’s. These are both great reads."

amy_leingang shared a tip "⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is an interesting read with some great history attached to it. I wasn’t sure at first, but was hooked by the end! #strongwomenlead"

matt__jen_shell shared a tip "I simply loved this book. Couldn’t put it down. My granny grew up in that area during the same time period. It left me wishing she was still here so I could ask her about it!"

mary_beth_f_salwierz shared a tip "I really enjoyed this audiobook. I learned about a part of history and people I knew nothing about. Interesting reflection on discrimination as well. The narrator did a great job bringing the characters to life which added to the richness of the story. I highly recommend!"

amy_mckenna_7509 shared a tip "Enjoy historical fiction but based on true history. The strength of a young woman and close relationship with her Dad. Enjoyed reading and had me searching the contents of the book to learn more on the blue population of Kentucky."

julia_richards shared a tip "Just finished this book and was surprised by a whole piece of history that I had no knowledge of. Well written, covers a wide range of issues and such a good book to enjoy over the weekend. One of my favorites!"

sara_anderson_7082 shared a tip "This is a fun historical nivel about the realities of rural tennesse and how they treated those with blue skin (that’s real). Its historically accurate and rhe main character is written well."

NerdiestBookMom shared a tip "Not exactly, There's no cursing, or adult scenes..but It mentions it a few times, and there's a part in the very beginning that little minds need not know about yet. It is about the division of white people and people if colour. I believe it's an eye opener."

michelle_fowler_4507 shared a tip "It was an interesting story mixed into a lot of interesting history i had no idea about! I had never heard of Blue People before reading this book."

lisa_hillman_1891 shared a tip "What drew me to this book is the fact that I'm a kentucky girl. And I couldn't put this book down. It's so sad that is how the world was back then and what people with color had to go through & the poverty that the people went through. Very interesting read."

kelly_8602 shared a tip "It gives a unique history of the area of the people in that area. It also gives chilling look into the bigotry that occurred during that time. Good read."

schauna_chambers shared a tip "I can’t rave about this one enough: the study of the culture that brought this book to life is beautiful. Heart wrenching story with a strong woman who doesn’t lose hope"