The hill people of Kentucky struggled through a lot in the 1930's. This book takes place in 1936 when a new program was created to bring literature to the Kentucky hills. Book Women would travel from house to house throughout the hills to deliver books and magazines to the people that lived too far away from any town centers.
Cussy Mary is a Blue, one of the last. Her skin flushes blue instead of red like a white person and she is actually treated worse than the Black people in the area, she is a Blue Devil, she is tainted, odd, afflicted. But Cussy Mary just wants to bring books to people and talk about books.
Instead she becomes a rape survivor and then a science experiment. I really did not like her Pa. He didn't do anything for her and didn't listen to her! He sold her from one man, Charlie Frazier, to another, the Doc. But Cussy Mary persevered and used her tribulations to help more people.
Cussy Mary is a Blue, one of the last. Her skin flushes blue instead of red like a white person and she is actually treated worse than the Black people in the area, she is a Blue Devil, she is tainted, odd, afflicted. But Cussy Mary just wants to bring books to people and talk about books.
Instead she becomes a rape survivor and then a science experiment. I really did not like her Pa. He didn't do anything for her and didn't listen to her! He sold her from one man, Charlie Frazier, to another, the Doc. But Cussy Mary persevered and used her tribulations to help more people.