![]() I was saddened to find how the Blues were treated-how people shunned and shamed them instead of embracing them for their very uniqueness. To learn more, I visited with doctors and spoke with a hematologist. There was a small, isolated clan that suffered from a rare genetic condition called congenital methemoglobinemia. I knew it was time for the wider world to experience them fully, to learn about and see the glorious Kentucky female packhorse librarians and the precious blue-skinned mountain folk. ![]() There was such rich, magnificent history in the two, and I was surprised that I hadn’t seen them in novels-that neither had been given a large footprint in literary history. ![]() I wanted to embrace their strengths and uniqueness in story. Years ago, I stumbled across these heroic librarians of the Great Depression and the rare blue-skinned Kentuckians, and I couldn’t stop thinking about them. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek was inspired by the true, historical blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse Library Service, which spanned the 1930s and early ’40s during eastern Kentucky’s most violent era. ![]()
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