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Also by Kim Michele Richardson:

The Mountains We Call Home: The Book Woman's Legacy, May 2026
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, November 2025
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Book Woman's Daughter, May 2022
Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
Liar's Bench, December 2021
Trade Size / e-Book
GodPretty in the Tobacco Field, April 2021
Trade Size / e-Book
The Book Woman Of Troublesome Creek, May 2019
Paperback / e-Book
The Sisters of Glass Ferry, December 2017
Trade Size / e-Book

THE MOUNTAINS WE CALL HOME: THE BOOK WOMAN'S LEGACY
By: Kim Michele Richardson

The Book Woman's Legacy
Sourcebooks Landmark
May 2026
On Sale: April 21, 2026
384 pages
ISBN: 1464239339
EAN: 9781464239335
Kindle: B0FFJVTMVH
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Women's Fiction Historical | Small Town

In this standalone and companion novel to the The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek series, our heroine for the ages, legendary book woman, Cussy Lovett, returns home. A powerful testament of strength, survival, and the magic of the printed word, The Mountains We Call Home is wrapped into a vivid portrait of Kentucky life: examining incarceration and criminalization, exploring the effects on the poor and powerless, and tracing the societal consequences of fractured family bonds, along with nostalgic glimpses of a bustling, multifaceted Louisville, and heartwarming portraits of reading efforts in every facet of life. 

Meticulously researched and richly detailed with a new cast of absorbing and complex characters, this beautifully rendered, authentic Kentucky tale is gritty and heartbreaking and infused with hope, spirit, and courage known only to those with no way out.