Kim Michele Richardson

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

1 - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (May-2019)
2 - The Book Woman's Daughter (May-2022)

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  The Unbreakable Child
  

  • Oct-2012
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  The Unbreakable Child is a riveting journey inside the secretive underbelly of the St. Thomas / Saint Vincent Orphan Asylum in rural Kentucky. It is the first book in the United States to confront the institutionalized physical and emotional abuse su...

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  Liar's Bench
  

  • May-2015
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  In 1972, on Mudas Summers' seventeenth birthday, her beloved Mama, Ella, is found hanging from the rafters of their home. Most people in Peckinpaw, Kentucky, assume that Ella's no-good husband did the deed. Others think Ella grew tired of his abuse a...

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  GodPretty in the Tobacco Field
  

  • May-2016
  • / General Fiction
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  Nameless, Kentucky, in 1969 is a hardscrabble community where jobs are few and poverty is a simple fact--just like the hot Appalachian breeze or the pests that can wipe out a tobacco field in days. RubyLyn Bishop is luckier than some. Her God-fearing...

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  The Sisters of Glass Ferry
  

  • Dec-2017
  • / General Fiction
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  Spanning several decades and written in an authentic voice both lyrical and wise, THE SISTERS OF GLASS FERRY is a haunting novel about small-town Southern secrets, loss and atonement, and the unbreakable bond between siblings. Glass Ferry, Kentuck...

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  The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
  

  • May-2019
  • / General Fiction
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  The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - 1
  

  The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt s Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome s got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter.

  Cuss...

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  The Book Woman's Daughter
  

  • May-2022
  • / Women's Fiction
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  The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - 2
  

  THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!"A powerful portrait of the courageous women who fought against ignorance, misogyny, and racial prejudice." -- William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of This Tender Land and Lightning StrikeThe ...

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  Junia, The Book Mule of Troublesome Creek
  

  • Mar-2024
  • / General Fiction
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  By Kim Michele Richardson NYT, LA Times & USA TODAY bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, The Book Dolly Parton Recommended and Devoured!Junia is a mule. But she's not just any mule. She's a mule with an important job. Every morn...

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