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So good. Loved the characters and plenty of parts that just broke my heart. I love how the book showcased a love of reading and the brave and strong women that made up the Pack Horse Librarians
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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This was an interesting story about two topics I knew nothing about--the blue people of Kentucky and the Pack Horse librarians. I thought Cussy was a fascinating and strong character. She put up with the prejudices around her, but never lost her class and kindness. The story was compelling and I truly felt her emotions as I was reading. The final chapter left me confused, though. The story moved quickly throughout, but the final chapter did a four year jump.
Cussy Mary Carter is the last known Blue person in Eastern Kentucky. The rare family condition makes her skin blue and darkens when she is agitated in any way. Treated in the hill country as Colored and shied away from she spends most of her time on her Back Pack Library job which she got by applying to the Project administration avoiding the local library heads. She has 4 routes each week with one day for administrative tasks. The routes can be dangerous at times physically and by human aggress
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Fantastic
This one will stay with me a while. So much insight into the culture and lifestyle in Appalachia, wound into a moving storyline.
This one will stay with me a while. So much insight into the culture and lifestyle in Appalachia, wound into a moving storyline.
Mar 06, 2020
Joann
marked it as to-read
Jul 26, 2020
Phyllis
marked it as to-read
Oct 24, 2020
Alison (Lady Coffin) S
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it was amazing
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Cindy Ketcham
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