“But a town with a library was a good town. She’d be happy there. In time, she’d feel right at home.”
Just before final exams at college, Addie Cowherd finds out her parents haven’t been able to pay her school bill and she won’t be allowed to finish the semester. They’ve had to sell their house and move into a boarding house and have no room to take her back in. She needs to find a job and a place to live in a hurry. She had been working part-time at the local library during school and while they don’t have the funds to keep her on, the director hears about a job in Boone’s Hollow as a packhorse librarian and Addie applies. She leaves city life to live in a small town in Kentucky where family grudges are held for generations.
I was part of the launch team for The Librarian of Boone’s Hollow. I’ve read two other books about the packhorse librarians – The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes and The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson – and wanted to see what the storyline would be for this third book. The Librarian of Boone’s Hollow is written by a Christian author. I was given a free copy of the book in exchange for a fair review.
When Addie gets to Boone’s Hollow, she is immediately cast as an outsider by most. Then, she chooses to room with an older woman whom a lot of people hold a grudge against because she married an Indian. For two weeks, she tries to deliver books, but no one will take them from her. However, Emmett comes back to town after graduating from the same college Addie attended and takes over the library. Can he help her change the town’s attitude toward newcomers?
I enjoyed reading The Librarian of Boone’s Hollow. It is written from a Christian perspective and some parts feel a little forced as the characters tend to realize that they did something wrong really quick and then set it right really quickly. Readers who enjoy Christian fiction will enjoy this book, though – especially if they also enjoy historical fiction.
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