Book guide
The Mountains We Call Home: The Book Woman’s Legacy
Unjustly imprisoned, legendary Packhorse Librarian Cussy Lovett turns books into a lifeline for women society tried to silence.
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About The Mountains We Call Home: The Book Woman’s Legacy
In this standalone and companion novel to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek series, our heroine for the ages, legendary book woman, Cussy Lovett, returns home. A powerful testament of strength, survival, and the magic of the printed word, The Mountains We Call Home is wrapped into a vivid portrait of Kentucky life: examining incarceration and criminalization, exploring the effects on the poor and powerless, and tracing the societal consequences of fractured family bonds, along with nostalgic glimpses of a bustling, multifaceted Louisville, and heartwarming portraits of reading efforts in every facet of life. Meticulously researched and richly detailed with a new cast of absorbing and complex characters, this beautifully rendered, authentic Kentucky tale is gritty and heartbreaking and infused with hope, spirit, and courage known only to those with no way out.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
Book Woman of Troublesome Creek · Book 3 of 3
Content warnings
- racism
- segregation
- imprisonment
- medical trauma
- physical abuse
- rape mention
- domestic abuse
- death
- racial slurs
