Published by Sourcebook's Landmark Genres: Historical Fiction
Format: Audiobook
What a beautiful follow up to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. That book not only educated me but caused me to think and feel. I had never heard of the blue people of Kentucky or the pack horse library project.
In this book, Cussy Carter’s daughter, Honey Mary Angeline Lovett, is left alone after her parents are arrested after hiding from the law for years. Honey knows that with her parents gone, she faces being sent away, and vows to stay free and carry on her mother’s library route.
Like her mother, Honey is strong, fierce, hardworking, loving and kind. She is dedicated to helping not only help people read but to better their lives as well. She, like her mother, is part of a group on strong women who are doing their part to improve lives, give women a voice, and spread literacy.
I couldn’t help but root for Honey and be charmed by her spunk. She is an extremely likeable character just like her mother.
I listened to the audiobook and thought the narrator did a fantastic job. I often thought that she sounded like Dolly Parton as she narrated.
Another wonderful book by Richardson.