This is a fun story about a packhorse librarian in rural Appalachia in Kentucky during the Great Depression. These librarians were hired to ride out into the very rural areas and bring books for people to read to inspire literacy. It was part of a WPA program funded by the US Government to give people job opportunities. Tansy Calhoun is a packhorse librarian and loves the opportunity to bring books to the people in her area. She helps these people in other ways because she becomes involved in their lives. But she must choose between her faithful first love and an interesting outsider who has come into the area to write about the area for another job project. There is so much rich detail here about the life and times of these people in rural Kentucky.
I have voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book that I received from NetGalley. All views expressed are only my honest opinion
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