The Librarian of Boone’s Hollow by Kim Vogel Sawyer

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A traveling librarian ventures into the mining towns of Kentucky on horseback—and learns to trust the One who truly pens her story—in this powerful novel from the best-selling author of A Silken Thread.

During the Great Depression, city-dweller Addie Cowherd dreams of becoming a novelist and offering readers the escape that books had given her during her tragic childhood. When her father loses his job, she is forced to take the only employment she can find—delivering books on horseback to poor coal-mining families in the hills of Kentucky.

But turning a new page will be nearly impossible in Boone’s Hollow, where residents are steeped in superstitions and deeply suspicious of outsiders. Even local Emmett Tharp feels the sting of rejection after returning to the tiny mountain hamlet as the first in his family to graduate college. And as the crippled economy leaves many men jobless, he fears his degree won’t be worth much in a place where most men either work the coal mine or run moonshine.

As Addie also struggles to find her place, she’ll unearth the truth about a decades-old rivalry. But when someone sets out to sabotage the town’s library program, will the culprit chase Addie away or straight into the arms of the only person who can help her put a broken community back together?

My thoughts:

I really enjoyed this read. The setting was unique and struggles were interesting. I can’t imagine living in that time period with so much uncertainty and everything you thought about your future can be taken away. Of course we live in uncertain times now, but I don’t believe it compares to what these people had to deal with.

I was curious when and how Addie and Emmett’s paths would cross as they only had a brief interaction early in the book and then it took a while for them to see each other again. But the reader knows it’s going to happen.

I don’t read a lot of Kim’s books but when I do I am always pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoy them. If you enjoy historical fiction set in the depression era I am sure you will enjoy this book.

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A copy of this book was give to me. All opinions are my own.