In 1936 in Troublesome Creek, KY lives 19 year old Cussy Carter, who is last female with the rare Blue People Ancestry. She only has her Pa to keep her company so she decides to join the Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky. Riding across the treacherous mountain ranges rain, shine or snow to deli...
THE BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK by Kim M Richardson In the depths of the depression and hidden in the deep mountains of Kentucky was Troublesome Creek. The people were starving for both and learning. The WPA hired women to ride packhorses or mules and take “learning” in the form of books to the ...
Nestled in the backwoods of Kentucky, in the year 1936, there was a glow coming from a courting candle which had been burning quite a while. Pa had made a promise to his wife and thus far, no one came forward to make the commitment and douse the flame, claiming their daughter for his wife. Ninetee...
By: Kim Michele Richardson ISBN: 1496709551 Publisher: Kensington Publication Date: 11/28/2017 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) From Kentucky’s finest Southern storyteller, Kim Michele Richardson returns following (2016) GodPretty in the Tobacco Field and (2015) Liar's Bench with he...
By: Kim Michele Richardson ISBN: 9781617737350 Publisher: Kensington Publication Date: 4/26/2016 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars A special thank you to Kensington and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Beautiful covers (both book and audio)Kim Michele Richardson ret...
By Kim Michele Richardson ISBN: 9781617737336Publisher: Kensington Publication Date: 4/28/2015 Format: PaperbackMy Rating: 5 Stars Debut Novel A special thank you to Kensington Books and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. LIAR’S BENCH, a powerful southern debut novel, by Kim Mi...
Reviewing this book is not easy because it does not really attempt to create a narrative. It is a very guarded, though also very honest, collection of memories both from a horrific childhood and the later repercussions in adulthood.The writer, who is also the main protagonists, gives us snapshots fr...
Kim Richardson's memoir of her harrowing experiences in a Catholic orphanage, as well as her work on behalf of her fellow victims, is chronicled in this book.Not always an easy read as Richardson recalls the physical and sexual abuse she endured at the hands of clergymen and nuns, this is neverthele...
"There were no hearts but the broken at Saint Thomas," says Kim Richardson in The Unbreakable Child. The victim of abuse at the hands of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth during her stay at St. Thomas St. Vincent Orphanage, Kim was involved in a lawsuit against the nuns at the same time that the ab...
What a wonderful story! A little mystery, a little romance, a little danger, and just a whole lot of old-fashioned story telling, with good characters and a rich setting. It's told from the point of view of Mudus, who turns 17 at the beginning of the book on the same day that her mother is found d...
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