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A very engaging story about an Appalachian woman who works with the Pack Horse Library Project (part of Roosevelt's 'New Deal') in the 1930's. I was enthralled with the fact that the blue-skinned people were real! I'd never heard of them before, apparently the blue skin is due to a rare blood disorder.
This story had a lot of highs and lows. I was at times enraged for Cussy Mary with the hand life had dealt her and the things she had to put up with and at other times I celebrated with her when s ...more
This story had a lot of highs and lows. I was at times enraged for Cussy Mary with the hand life had dealt her and the things she had to put up with and at other times I celebrated with her when s ...more
What a beautiful book! It's definitely the best book I've read thus far this year, though the year is still really young. The story of Cussy Mary, a blue woman of Kentucky, based on the true story of the Blue Fugates whose skin were truly blue. Cussy Mary is a Pack Horse Librarian in 1936 Appalachian Kentucky, a real job during that time. Cussy Mary has to deal with all of the bigotry that African Americans also endured during that time. She is considered a Colored because her skin isn't white,
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