Having loved the first book in this series, I didn't know how this newest addition would compare. I needn't have worried. The author is so talented a writer that any plot unfolds like the sweetest flower in her wonderful hands. once again we are back in the rugged Appalachian mountains where a young woman must fight prejudice and misogyny in order to become a strong and independent woman. A wonderful second book and I will now read anything by this author!

Kim Michele Richardson's The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek was a wonderful Appalachian tale. I loved it. Five stars.

I was so excited to see a sequel to Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (and I am not usually a sequel kind of girl.) Kim Richardson does not disappoint with her newest title Book Woman's Daughter. This book felt like walk back home to your favorite group of friends and starting right back up like you hadn't been away for years (even though Richardson did not make us wait that long to get to know Cussy's daughter, Honey).

I am appreciative this book can be read alone, but the reader would be missing out if they don't read Book Woman of Troublesome Creek as well.

I truly appreciate the strength of female friendship on the pages. We get to know Honey as she navigates life once her parents are taken to jail. Honey, being 17, could be a ward of the state, required to work slave labor until her 21st birthday. Fortunately, she has a host of people who try to work within the 1950's Appalachian ways to keep Honey free. Honey, herself is a formidable character. She's strong willed and has a good head upon her, mostly due to a mothers love and the opportunity to learn via reading/books.

I am also appreciative that this book addresses other female characters and their roles within Kentucky in the 1950s. I learned much about female forestry thanks to Honeys relationship with Pearl, a girl not much older than her, but from an entirely different background. I loved that these two completely different women could both face challenges within society and have each others backs. Its not so different today, where social economic class separates us and yet drive and determination can connect us.

Lastly, I enjoyed Junia's antics. The pack mule kept humor going even when she was downright being obstinate and running away. Working in a library, I enjoy the looks of patrons when they pick out a book. I can imagine the feeling both for the pack librarian carrying precious materials to those not able to come to the library, but also the young (and not so young) budding readers. It's great to learn and understand the true gift of reading.

Thank you to Kim Michelle Richardson and Net Galley for this advanced reading copy. I sincerely appreciated it and am hopeful Richardson will continue to write about this amazing group of people!

"The Book Woman's Daughter" is a historical fiction novel by Kim Michelle Richardson. The book is a sequel to "The Book Woman Of Troublesome Creek." Following in her mom's footsteps Honey continues riding the hills of Kentucky as the book woman. The novel tells of Honey's trials and tribulations. The novel also is a tale of sisterhood and the power of the written word. One of my favorite quotes from the book is "Books are the cornerstone to greater minds." I will definitely be recommending "The Book Woman's Daughter" to patrons at my library. Thank you for the advanced copy.

This is a sequel to the excellent The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, the story of Cussy, a blue-skinned Pack Horse librarian. Twenty years later we meet Honey, Cussy's 17-year-old daughter, who has a touch of the blue skin in her hands. She is forced to grow up faster than usual when her parents are jailed for breaking some archaic marriage laws. Honey's story is a bit similar to her mother's, but this story is broadened by including a female miner, a female traveling nurse, and a female fire warden. The book is fascinating, entertaining, and informative, with a smidge of repetition but still wonderfully original. Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for providing an ARC.

I could hardly put this book down. It grabs you from the very start with characters drawn so true to life you can imagine meeting them and having heartwarming conversations with them. There are new characters with their challenges and lessons to learn and to teach.
Honey is such a resilient, smart and compassionate person; truly a product of the love and character of her parents.
I truly hope Ms. Richardson has the next installment up her sleeve. Her understanding of the culture of Appalachia and of the time of her stories is spot on. She pulls the reader right in, bringing the story to life.

Fans of the first installment will be pleased with this sequel. Readers meet a 16 year old Honey, daughter of the Troublesome Creek book woman. Further exploration of discrimination based on skin color as well as a look at the roles of women. Engaging and interesting.

The Book Woman’s Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
I thoroughly enjoyed this book’s predecessor The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, and I’m happy to say that The Book Woman’s Daughter is just about perfect sequel. It preserves the tone, the setting, and some of the characters of the original book, and yet it is a new story that provides us more insights into the lives of the characters. It is different enough to be a standalone novel, meaning that readers don’t necessarily have to read the first book, but I’m guessing they will want to because it does provide some background and context for this new book.
In this story we follow Honey, the baby girl that Cussy Mary adopted in the first book. We are now in 1950s Kentucky, and 16-year-old Honey’s parents are being taken away to jail for that problem that has dogged them all their married lives: miscegenation laws. Honey’s mother is what they call a “blue,” a person who has a genetic condition that keeps her from absorbing as much oxygen in her blood as most people, and renders her skin a bluish color. In the twisted logic of the times, she is considered a colored person and is not allowed to be married to her husband, who is considered white.
Honey, who has a tinge of blue herself, is now left on her own to manage. She shows as much resilience and fortitude as her mother, and has to negotiate many of the same things: getting enough money to survive, dealing with people’s prejudices, and men who are abusive and violent.
It would be only fair to point out that it’s also a story of the people who support and help her, not paying any mind to others’ prejudices: the kindly doctor, the lawyer who works to keep her from being sent to a workhouse, and the women who befriend her and stand behind her. Bibliophiles will be pleased to learn that she travels in her mother’s shoes and becomes a book woman herself when the program is brought back to the hills of Kentucky.
This is a book that makes you feel. There are enough villains to spark righteous anger. There are enough good guys and women to make you feel hopeful, and there is Honey, a young woman which readers are pulling for every step of the way.

I was very excited to read the followup to The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek, of which I have hand-sold many copies. I didn't find The Book Woman's Daughter to be quite as engrossing, but I still think fans of the first book will enjoy reading about how Cussy's daughter carries on her legacy in the face of many challenges and obstacles. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an advance e-copy.

This book is the story of Honey, Cussy Mary's (original book woman) daughter. Cussy and Jackson Lovett adopted Honey after they wed illegally due to the anti-miscegenation laws. Unfortunately, the law continues to trouble the Lovett family as Cussy and Jackson are sent to prison. Meanwhile Cussy must fight to survive and maintain her freedom. Otherwise, she'll be sent to the children's reform prison until she's 21.