It really took a while to get into this book, but once I was into it, I could not stop reading. Cussy was a really unique character and this was the first I had heard of blue-skinned Kentucky people. I wasn't sure what to make of this and people of her time did not either. The characters were well written and the subject matter was interesting. It was the beginning of libraries as we know them today. Hard working men and women would travel afar to share books with others and fought to learn during this time period. I would be interested in learning more about this point in history and would love to know more about what happened to advance literacy into this part of the country. Cussy was more than a book woman and was definitely a unique character for her time.