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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek authentic piece of historical fiction and so wonderfully written

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Books By Kim Michele Richardson

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
The Book Woman's Daughter
Junia
Liar's Bench
GodPretty in the Tobacco Field
The Sisters of Glass Ferry
The Unbreakable Child

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Kim Michele Richardson’s compelling novel The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek was inspired by the ‘blue people’ of Kentucky and the brave Packhorse Librarians who championed literacy against bigotry and fear during the Great Depression. The work (and its sequel, The Book Woman’s Daughter) has left an indelible mark and is now part of the Common Reads program across the United States, a community program that brings together students on college and university campuses to read and discuss novels of significance. Richardson’s other books also explore historical aspects of Kentucky with richly drawn characters and emotionally evocative storytelling.

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Recommended Books From Kim Michele Richardson Fans

The Stellar Debut of Galactica Macfee
Buffalo Bill's Dead Now
The Girl who Married a Lion
Bring Me Back
The Highway
A Place of Hiding
Lessons in Chemistry
Break No Bones
Close Range: Wyoming Stories
A Necessary End
L is for Lawless
A Chateau Under Siege
The Heavens May Fall
All That Glitters: A Sgt. Windflower Mystery
Deluge
Badlands
Growth Marks
Thin Air
Snakebit: A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery
A Plague of Zombies: An Outlander Novella
Desolation Mountain
The Body by the Sea: A Brittany Mystery
The Third Gate
The Janus Stone
Junior High Samurai: A Short Story
One by One
Mary Russell's War: And Other Stories of Suspense
The English Spy
A Darker Domain
Death Du Jour
The Rembrandt Affair
Four Aunties and a Wedding
Mercy
A Night Too Dark
On Wings of Eagles
Writing in an Age of Silence
Blind Justice: A William Monk Novel
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery and Fantasy
Defend and Betray: A William Monk Novel
The Blessing Way
Folly
The Healers
Postmortem
Controller
An Extravagant Death
The Shadow Killer
An Obvious Fact: A Longmire Mystery
Bad Dirt
The Bounty
Straight into Darkness
Burial of Ghosts
Fugitive Colors
A Friend of the Family
Suffer the Little Children
Locked Rooms
Theft of an Idol
The Turn of the Key
Paradise Valley
Justice: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Songbird: A Kings Lake Investigation
Old Babes in the Wood
The Web: An Alex Delaware Novel
A Question of Betrayal
Until It's Over
Blood Ties
Make Death Love Me
The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth
The Madness of Crowds
Designated Daughters
The Codex
Blue Shoes and Happiness
The Quiet Side of Passion
The Diamond Eye
Dial A for Aunties
Trespasser
The Red Queen
Safe Harbour
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country
U is for Undertow
A Grave Robbery
Shepherds Abiding
Something to Hide
The Spook Who Spoke Again
The Critic
Piranha to Scurfy
Stargazer: A Leaphorn
Isle of Dogs
I Will Find You
Parting Shot
Blood Money
Medea
Violet Goes to the Country
The Dilemma
Digging to America
Nobody Walks
The Caves of Perigord: A Novel
Over the Edge
The Rise: A Short Story
Killers of a Certain Age
Where They Last Saw Her
Tricks and Transformations
Westwind
The Leper's Bell
Jolie Blon's Bounce
Love Over Scotland
French Braid
Kopp Sisters on the March
One Last Lie
Snobbery with Violence
Time and Tide: A DC Smith Investigation
Saint Maybe
Cut and Thirst: A Short Story
Killing Me Softly: A Novel of Obsession
The Sweet Remnants of Summer
Greygallows
The Deepest Blue: A Short Story
The Master Falconer
Stop Them Dead
An Accidental Death: A DC Smith Investigation
The Curse of La Fontaine
B is for Burglar
Through the Evil Days
The Tuscan Child
A Comedy of Terrors
A Cold Treachery
The Poet
Shine: A Short Story
Joyland
Tiny Tales
Under the Knife
Dr. No
The Woman in the Water: A Prequel to the Charles Lenox Series
The Chalk Pit
Mad River
Four to Score
Other Worlds
The Black Book
Self-Defense: An Alex Delaware Novel
The River We Remember
Ropa Vieja
Under the Streets of Nice: The Bank Heist of the Century
The Beacon
Death at Victoria Dock
Showstopper
City of Jasmine
Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest
Blood and Mascara
The Moor
Road Rage
The Survivors Club
Uncommon Clay
When We Had Wings
John Doe: A Rizzoli & Isles Short Story
Desert Heat
Reconstruction
The Unheard
The Cold Dish: A Longmire Mystery
Time Bomb
Come Rain or Come Shine
A Lethal Lesson
The Spider's Web
The Gimlet Slip
Death of a Liar
Joe Country
Three to Get Deadly
MaddAddam
Cardington Crescent
Backlands
A Promise of Ankles
Daughter of the Morning Star: A Longmire Mystery
R is for Ricochet
The Judas Judge
A Sleeping Life
Home
Zen Attitude
The Sentence is Death
Dry Bones: A Longmire Mystery
For the Sake of Elena
A Colder Kind of Death
Disappearance of a Scribe
Mercy Falls
Animal
Murder in Paradise
Open Season
In Other Worlds
The Crowded Grave
Uniform Justice
Full Blast
Vantage Point
Death at the Sign of the Rook
A Conspiracy of Friends
Death in Daylesford
Cold Is the Grave: An Inspector Banks Novel
Windy City Blues: V. I. Warshawski Stories
Harbor Lights
The 4th Man: An FBI Profiler / Detective D. D. Warren Story
No Man's Land
Hunting Shadows
Losing You
Bloodlines: Long And Short Stories
Still Life with Crows
The Breakdown
Airship
The Sinner: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
High Five
Gallows View: The First Inspector Banks Novel
A Prayer for the Damned
Broken Ground
Wilde Lake
Tamarack County
The Service of Clouds
Victim 2117
Wild Crimes
Black Cherry Blues
The Dark Vineyard
The Winds From Further West
Magpie Murders
Fine Just the Way It Is
Death of an Honest Man
The House at Sea's End
Dark Saturday
Night Road
Shadows in Bronze
Rage
Her Last Breath
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
Bitter Medicine: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Careless Love
Beau Death
A Line to Kill
The Butcher's Theater
Two for the Dough
Forsaken Country
Neon Prey
The Charming Quirks of Others
Critical Mass: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
The Night Watchman
Cruel Intent
Doctored Evidence
The Lacuna
Elevator Pitch
Resurrection Row
A Year of Ravens
Silent (but Deadly) Night
State of Terror
Blacklight Blue
The Bitterroots
The Fleet Street Murders
The Bride's Kimono
Every Secret Thing
Earthly Remains
Silken Prey
The Last Temptation
White Nights
Hold Tight
Another Kind of Eden
A Spot of Folly
Rupture
The Castlemaine Murders
Shadows Reel
Dark of the Moon
King Solomon's Carpet
Hints of Heliose
Motor Mouth
Night in the City
Murder in the Dark
One Was a Soldier
A Dangerous Place
The Verts: A Story of Introverts and Extroverts
The Summons
A Sorrowful Sanctuary
Hardcore Twenty-Four
Six Years
Kills Well with Others
Indemnity Only
Angel Falls
Final Edition
Dead or Alive
The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories
In the Nick of Time: John Rebus vs. Roy Grace
The Bone Orchard
Home Fires
Killing Season: A Thriller
The Obsidian Chamber
Death of a Smuggler
Corduroy Mansions
Evan Can Wait
Maisie Dobbs
Keeping Watch
A Match Made for Murder
A Treacherous Curse
The Shadow Side
A Pale Horse
Long Road to Mercy
The Long Walk
Residue
Ribbons of Scarlet

“Being able to return to the books was a sanctuary for my heart. And a joy bolted free, lessening my own grievances, forgiving spent youth and dying dreams lost to a hard life, the hard land, and to folks’ hard thoughts and partialities.”

Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Grace Ellen McDowell
“The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a wonderful book. I especially loved knowing it’s based on real events and these book women existed as did the ‘blue people’.”

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