If you loved The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek, you will love The Librarian of Boone's Hollow. The story is set first in Lexington and then in Boone's Hollow, Kentucky in 1936. The country is still struggling following the stock market crash of '29, and Addie Cowherd's world has just come crashing down. Suddenly she finds herself dismissed from school with no place to go, and only a part time job. Emmett Tharp, a recent graduate of the University of Kentucky, the first from Boone's Hollow, unable to find a job in the city, returns to his hometown hoping to find something there. Boone's hollow is not a place that easily accepts strangers or those who leave and come back different. The mountain people have a code of their own, and Addie and Emmett must find a way to become part of the community and part of the healing.
The themes of this book are very timely for today. The story is both encouraging and entertaining. It allows one to escape to another time and place, but not run away from the challenges of the here and now. I am grateful to have received a copy of The Librarian of Boone's Hollow from Waterbrook via NetGalley without obligation. All opinions expressed here are my own.
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