THE LIBRARIAN OF BOONE'S HOLLOW

A traveling librarian ventures into the mining towns of Kentucky on horseback and rediscovers her passions in this powerful novel from the best-selling author of A Silken Thread.

During the Great Depression, Addie Cowherd dreams of being a novelist and offering readers the escape that books gave her during her tragic childhood. When her adoptive father loses his job, she is forced to leave college and take the only employment she can find--delivering books on horseback to poor coal
mining families in the hills of Kentucky.

The small community of Boone's Hollow is suspicious of outsiders and steeped in superstitions that leave Addie feeling rejected and indignant. Although she finds an unexpected friend in an elderly outcast, the other
horseback librarians scorn her determination to befriend Nanny Fay.

Emmett Tharp grew up in the tiny mountain hamlet where most men either work in the coal mine or run moonshine. He's the first in the community to earn a college degree, and he has big dreams, but witnesses the Depression robbing many young men of their future.

Then someone sets out to sabotage the library program, going so far as to destroy Addie's novel in progress. Will the saboteur chase Addie and the other librarians away, or will knowledge emerge victorious over prejudice? Is Emmett the local ally that Addie needs--and might their friendship lead to something
more?

Inspired by the real WPA program that sent librarians on horseback to deliver books to hill families in Kentucky, Kim Vogel Sawyer immersed herself in Appalachian history to tell this captivating story.

1.5 MILLION BOOKS IN PRINT: In the last 20 years Kim's books have been regularly placed on Christian fiction best-seller lists and are favorites among many romance readers.

IDEAL FOR BOOK LOVERS: Readers love stories about how books and book lovers. This novel introduces Addie Cowherd who takes up the mantle of mountain librarian in Black Mountain, Kentucky.

AUTHOR BACKSTORY: In 1966, Kim Vogel Sawyer told her kindergarten teacher that someday people would check out her book in libraries. It was until later in life, after a health crisis halted her teaching career, that her little-girl dream came true with the release of Waiting for Summer's Return in 2006. Since then, with more than 50 titles in print (and available at libraries everywhere!) over twenty years, Kim has watched her dream expand beyond her childhood imaginings.

Kim Vogel Sawyer is a highly acclaimed best-selling author with more than one million books in print in seven different languages. Her titles have earned numerous accolades including the ACFW Carol Award, the Inspirational Readers' Choice Award, and the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. Kim lives in central Kansas with her retired military husband, Don, where she continues to write gentle stories of hope. She enjoys spending time with her three daughters and her grandchildren.