The Book Woman's Daughter is a love letter to books and the power of literacy and how both can change lives. Honey Lovett, the daughter of the Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, faces her own challenges as she navigates discrimination and many obstacles as a minor as she continues her mother's legacy as a Pack Horse librarian. Highly recommended for readers who enjoyed The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek.

The Bookwoman's Daughter is a sequel to The Bookwoman if Troublesome Creek, but also reads ok as a standalone. I would suggest reading both and in order to get the most from both. It was beautiful. The sequel focuses on the lives of women in the highly patriarchal society of a Kentucky coal mining town in the early 1950s. We follow Honey as she navigates life alone, supported by her friends and patrons.

I loved It the Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek, so I was delighted to be grant an advanced copy of The Bookwoman’s Daughter! I loved everything about this sequel! Richardson’s characters are rich, fierce and beautiful! They drive the story of 16year old Honey Lovett, on her own back in Troublesome when her parents are incarcerated. Her struggles as a woman in a world dominated by men in 1950’s resonate. The women in this novel are portrayed as strong, smart and resilient. Themes of books and reading and self education are woven around very different women that forge a sisterhood. I would to see both books as series on HBO or Netflix. You will cheer and ugly cry,! Just get your hands on this book!

The Book Woman’s Daughter is the sequel to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, which happens to be one of my all-time favorite books. Imagine my surprise when I heard there would be another Book Woman book….be still my heart.

Honey is the 17-year-old daughter of Cussy, known as the Book Woman. The story starts right off with Cussy and Jackson being taken to prison for breaking the miscegenation laws and leaving Honey to fend for herself in a time when misogyny was rampant, discrimination was the norm and living conditions were tough. Not only does Honey find herself battling the rugged terrain, but she also has to battle those who want to see her fail in all that she does, simply because she’s a woman, and a Kentucky Blue.

Ms. Richardson brings a depth to her characters that makes us feel as if we are right there struggling alongside them, we can feel the female friendships, and we can feel the terror when Honey is tormented by some of the menfolk. I adore the band of “sisters” that surround Honey and guide her through a life that she must maneuver through without a mother. But my absolute favorite part of the Troublesome story is the packhorse library. Both Honey and Cussy traverse not only the rugged terrain on their beloved mule, Junia, they also traverse the ups and downs of the lives of their patrons.

This is an amazing story of friendship, injustice, fear and resilience. Not a dull page to be found. Five huge stars from this satisfied reader.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for the ARC of this stunning story. This is my honest review

I loved the first book in this series, and I was so excited to contribute reading the story of Honey and her family. Old and new characters alike made this book special, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a book that will draw you in and keep you reading until the very end.

Loved, loved this book! I was so excited to see that there was going to be a second novel after 'The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek' as I thoroughly enjoyed that one. This did not disappoint. It follows Honey as she heads back alone to Troublesome Creek after her parents are arrested. We learn more about the families we came to love in the previous book and watch Honey follow in her mom's footsteps as an Outreach Librarian. The story is beautifully written and I loved learning where past characters have ended up. The new characters are just as enjoyable. I highly recommend this one!

Although I enjoyed this sequel, I did not love it as much as the original Bookwoman. Honey is the adopted daughter of the book woman, and she is the focus of this novel. Her parents have been imprisoned for violating the state of Kentucky's miscegenation laws, which prohibited the marriage of two different races. Honey's mother, Cussie Mary, is a "blue" which caused fear and ignorance back in those days. Honey is sent to live with an old friend of her Mamma's, who unfortunately passes away soon after. After getting an assistant librarian position in the pack horse project, Honey starts to learn about "emancipation" and wants to support herself, and her own dreams. Although friends offer their hand in marriage, Honey wants to be independent. Her finds a friend along the way, a young woman who takes a position in the fire tower, and also has to fight bigotry and corrupt lawmen. Honey also finds a possible love interest, and it will be interesting to see if the story continues.

1953, abuse, PTSD, Appalachia, beatings, National Parks Fire Service, grief, grieving, historical-novel, historical-places-events, historical-research, historical-setting, history-and-culture, hope, horror, Kentucky*****

Honey Mary Angeline Lovett and her mother are fiction. The horrors of spousal abuse, starvation, prejudice against yellow/ indigenous/ blue/ black skin colors, and coal mining are real. Also real is the recessant gene for methemogobinemia with the dubious studies and treatment of the 1930s (and beyond, including forced sterilization of Blues), the pride and perseverance of the people of Appalachia, the WPA Pack Horse Project librarians including the kindness of those who donated reading materials, the Frontier Nurse Service, the National Parks Fire Service, and dialectical issues.
This book is as riveting a story as the first. DON'T MISS IT!
I requested and received a free ebook copy from Sourcebooks Landmark via NetGalley. Thank you!

A continuation of the authors blockbuster book, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, this book focuses on Honey, the daughter.
The story was ok. There was no twists nor turns, everything was very predictable. Although it was very predictable, it was still a good book with characters both good and evil.
I really loved Wrenna and Tommy. That story just about broke my heart.

Overall an ok book from a powerful author.

its hard to top the success of the first book.

If you read 'The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek', you will recognize many of the characters. If you like historical fiction based on truth (the ugly and the good, strong minded women who fight for equality with both wit and smarts, people who stand up to bullies and against injustice, neighbors who look out for each other, etc.), you should still like this story. Set in the mountains of Kentucky in the early 1950s, it was crafted to depict life in that particular rural, mountainous area. Fans of less-gritty Southern fiction, especially Appalachian, should also enjoy this book. I found it a tad 'soft focus' (actually appreciated this) but still full of honesty about just how few rights females of any age had in 1950s Kentucky. Definitely a lot of backwards attitudes in that isolated place! You can understand why but still know it was wrong and dangerous. Illiteracy is the enemy of justice and equality. Thank goodness for the women who spread literacy and hope via books, on horseback!

The Book Woman’s Daughter is a fantastic follow up to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek and can be read as a stand alone novel. But I loved both novels and recommend that you read both.

This novel is impeccably well researched. Kim Michele Richardson did a great job at interweaving facts from book 1 into this novel. Even small details were mentioned which really led to a feeling of revisiting the town and people again. It was great to see characters I loved from TBWOTC once more and to get to fall in love with new characters that were introduced.

I highly recommend this novel! I couldn’t put it down.

Thank you to Net Galley and Sourcebooks Landmark for this digital arc in exchange for my honest review which is not affiliated with any brand.

#NetGalley #TheBookWoman’sDaughter

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and publisher for the digital ARC of “The Book Woman’s Daughter.”

I really enjoyed this book and loved the character development. My main issue with both books is that so many bad things happen to such good characters. Honey and Cussy Mary make huge sacrifices to help others, yet I often dread turning the page because some terrible fate awaits these strong female characters. I understand the historical time period of the novel, but the amount of heartbreak seems excessive. I did enjoy this book more than the first and gave it four stars because of the strong ending.

This was an excellent sequel and would be an excellent read as a stand alone as well. This book picks up the story of Honey, the 16 year old daughter of the blue book woman of Troublesome Creek. Due to prejudice, Honey is separated from her parents. She has to prove resourceful in order to take care of herself. Great writing, great characters; I loved it! A definite must read! I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.

Whereas The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek felt entirely authentic to this reader, the Book Woman’s Daughter did not. Just as before, there was the counterbalance of man’s inhumanity to man vs. the innate kindness of man. This sequel seemed to be more interested in reading like a Hollywood script. The scenes were overdrawn and overplayed. There was sensationalism for the sake of sensationalism.

There were a number of things that simply didn’t make sense to this reader who was the same age as the protagonist in the story. The story had dial telephones back in the mountains. In 1953 in my city, we didn’t have dial telephones. You picked up the receiver and rang for the operator, telling her your party’s number. Very few people in the rural areas had phones, at all. And ice in the cab? Where did they get ice? If there was no flush toilet in the cab, was there running water? Was there electricity? Someone did not do their due diligence in research of 1953 in the Appalachians.

The basics of the story were meaningful and the prose was beautiful. I appreciate the straight forward time line. The characterization was hit and miss. The plot had no surprises. I felt like I knew the way the story would go from the first few chapters. And obviously this book set the reader up for book 3.

Quite frankly I had a hard time believing that the same person who wrote The Book Woman had written the Daughter.

I appreciate this ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. I wish the author well. It’s certainly a story worth telling.

REVIEW - The Book Woman’s Daughter
Wow, this book left crying happy tears! If you loved The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek then you must read this sequel. Honey, (who is Bluet and John’s adopted daughter from book #1) takes on the job of pack horse librarian, delivering books in the remote regions of the Kentucky Mountains. Honey and several other female leads face major adversity along the way but these strong and powerful women will not let the likes of some outdated laws and misogynistic men stop them from achieving their dreams! Several characters from book #1 make a reappearance including Junia, the ornery and stubborn mule. She is back with an attitude and loyal as ever!
This book contains:
-loveable characters
-strong women
-a despicable villain
-action/suspense
-page turner
-courtroom drama
Thank you for writing such an amazing sequel @kimmichelerichardson ! Now I need to know, will there be a third book?!
Thank you to @netgalley and Sourcebooks Landmarks @bookmarked for providing me with a gifted copy in exchange for an honest review.
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Thank you to NetGalley and the author Kim Michele Richardson and the publisher
(Sourcebooks Landmark) for the opportunity to review the advance read copy of The Book Woman’s Daughter.

In my opinion, if you liked the first book The Book Woman from Troublesome Creek, then you will probably like the second book about the same as the first.

I read the first book, and then read it again for book club. In know I’m rating lower than others, but I really don’t think it’s quite a 5 star book. But I do find it similar to the first book. So if you loved the first book, I would expect that you will love this one as well.

Publication date is 03 May 2022.

This book was sent to me by Netgalley electronically for review. I was excited to read it as I had read the previous book by Richardson...the Book Woman...two great books. This one is a continuation of the first...the Blue people of Kentucky and the dedicated women who rode horses and mules to deliver books to the hill people. The characters are realistic...some likable...some not so much...the story moves quickly and is difficult to put down. The horrible things that happened to this family, and as strong as they were, they often faltered. In the end, despite prison for the parents, the main character, the daughter, made a life for herself. Stong women...dedicated readers...it almost seems as if the books are characters also...the reading is important to even the poorest...this is a great book. I can't imagine what the author will write about next. A winner. I will recommend this on book store sites...to my friends...to those who read my column in a small newspaper. Do NOT miss this book.

Having read The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek, I was so excited to see the story continue with The Bookwoman’s Daughter. I was not disappointed either and enjoyed it tremendously. Again, this is a story of the courage and coming of age of a girl and the heartwarming friends she finds who look beyond the color of her blue skin but instead to the inner goodness within her. Honey, a lover of poetry, felt that the words that were quoted by her mother to one of the patrons, spoke to her. “Faith is the bird that feels the lift and sings when the dawn is still dark.”

Honey, also a Blue of the Kentucky hills, was adopted by Cussy Mary and Jackson Lovett after the death of both of her parents. Cussy Mary, too was a Blue, one who had the genetic condition of methemoglobinemia or blue skin. Now 16 years later, when her parents were arrested for miscegenation and imprisoned, Honey must figure out how to survive. She travels to Troublesome Creek to live with her elderly guardian, Retta. There she meets Pearl the new fire watcher and finds a lifelong friend. But after the death of her guardian, Honey must work to gain her freedom to avoid going to the child’s work farm for orphans. Bullied by some men and others, she fights to rise above the prejudice and hatred and protect not only herself but other women whom the law cannot protect. Honey sets out to prove this by getting a job as an assistant pack horse librarian and tending to her family’s cabin and mule, Junia. Honey discovers that like her mother, books and literacy, would save her and were the path to freedom.

I loved this book and the whole history of the pack horse librarians. Just the thought of bringing literacy to people and showing how books uplifted people from their trials of day to day is inspiring. What courage these women showed as they traveled through the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, and also those who took on traditional men’s roles such as in the mines or forest. As one character stated, women had to use smarts to win. The author, with her descriptive writing, makes this moment in history come alive and gives great insight to the area and people as well. Strong characters are portrayed showing courageous women. This book is a great read, whether as sequel but also as a stand-alone book. I highly recommend it.

Many thanks to #netgalley, #thebookwomansdaughter, #kimmichelerichardson for the opportunity to read and review this book.

The first book in this series; The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek;
I read and learned a part of history that I did not know. I was excited to go back.

Travel back to 1953 in Thousandsticks, Kentucky
The descriptions had me right there with the characters I was rooting for.

I love and have said myself -
"Can you believe it, ... they're going to pay me to deliver my favorite thing - book. Books!"

This is another good read, I both learned and enjoyed reading.

The Book Woman’s Daughter is the follow-on to Richardson’s 2019 book, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. In this story we follow Honey Lovett as she sees her parents incarcerated and she finds her way by becoming a packhorse librarian like her mother, traveling the remote areas of Kentucky. There are new friends, old acquaintances, and hardships along her way that shape Honey into a strong and lovable character. Fans of The Book Woman will not be disappointed!