At a time when white was the only colour to be, these blue skinned people were shunned as 'coloured' and excluded from m Richardson’s novel, which she began writing in 2016 and published in May, is a first-person narrative about a woman named Cussy Mary Carter, who has a rare genetic condition that makes her skin appear blue (based on the real-life blue-skinned people of Kentucky). I would have liked to see how the new family managed to stay together to begin their new hopeful life that the narrow-minded people in Troublesome Creek wouldn't allow. Her journeys are thrilling as she shares her passion with those. Cussy, nicknamed "Bluet", was subjected to taunts, prejudice and continuous ridicule due to her cobalt-blue skin color. Martin Fugate came to Troublesome Creek (near Hazard) from France in 1820 and… well… he happened to be blue. Mary is good people, generous and a fighter, and together with her old grey mule Junia delivers books, recipes, patterns and messages deep into the woods....even as she is being watched and hunted. Pa lit a "courting candle", intent upon making sure Cussy "will knot". Other research included more hours studying Roosevelt’s New Deal and WPA programs. So blue, in fact, that his skin was the deep purple color of a plum. How wonderful the conversations must have been that took place around and over it. She paused to point out an antique courting candle, which ended up becoming an important theme in my novel and inspired the first pages of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Books by Gemma Jun 10, 2019 6:00 pm June 10, 2019. He married a red-haired American named Elizabeth Smith with a very pale complexion. Deep in the woods of Kentucky, a fiercely private family gave birth to blue-skinned children since the 1800s. In the late 1950s, a hematologist named Martin Cawein from the University of Kentucky was fascinated by the stories of the blue Fugate family. There is a lot of poverty in this town and it was so heartbreaking. Inspired by the true and historical blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse library service, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek showcases a first in traditionally published literary novels— a bold and unique story about the Kentucky Blue people and Packhorse Librarians — a tale of fierce strength and one woman's belief that books can carry us … A pack librarian in the Kentucky Appalachians, she delivers books to folks living in the hollers. There was a small, isolated clan that suffered from a rare genetic condition called congenital methemoglobinemia. Cussy is a pack horse librarian and she delivers books to people that live in the mountains of Kentucky. I warmed to her and her amazing story right away. This was real. Usually, when we think blue people in Kentucky, the first thing that comes to mind is University of Kentucky Wildcat fans… as they are known to dress in and paint their faces blue to show team spirit. Shunned as if they were evil spirits. Meanwhile, much earlier in 1960, the stories of the blue people of Troublesome Creek caught the attention of a young haematologist Dr. Madison Cawein. I had every intention of riding one until I fell off the mountain. I listened to the audio and the narrator's voice was perfect for Cussy Mary. The Legend Of Kentucky’s Blue People Is Truly Bizarre People come in all types of colors and shades of colors, but they are normally red, brown, yellows, browns, pinks, black, and white. Genealogy sites provide this story: Not myth or legend; The Blue People of Kentucky were an isolated enclave of Appalachian people who lived with an embarrassing skin discoloration until a young hematologist took notice and found a solution. The other one is fluffy, which is fine if you like that sort. Refresh and try again. Troublesome Creek......an almost misnomer of limited location to the backwoods of Kentucky. This title is a lure in itself for any book loving folks. • Library 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. He was also very, very blue. When I finished this book, I thought it was such a good story and I immediately gave it four stars, but then I thought about it more as I was writing this. A compelling and story about adaptability, and courage, told With compassion and delicacy Kim Michele Richardson presents a little known chapter of American history that is inspired by the true blue skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse Library service of the 1930s. Kim Michele Richardson. So pa continues to set out the courting candle....to Mary's chagrin, but there ain't many takers even with a dowry of $5 and 10 acres bc Mary is one of the blue people....mistreated, misunderstood and kept at arm's length. Unbeknownst to the couple, they were coincidentally both carriers of a recessive gene (met-H) that caused methemoglobinemia, which can tint the skin of sufferers blue. One of their sons, Levy, married a Ritchie girl and had eight children, one of them Luna. As the story goes, Martin Fugate, a French orphan, settled on the banks of eastern Kentucky’s Troublesome Creek around 1820 to claim a land grant. Martin and Elizabeth had seven children, four of whom had blue skin. She has blue skin. Blue People of Kentucky: Why the Fugate Family Had Blue Skin. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. This is especially true of the ‘Blue People of Kentucky’. This book explores the life of Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry and is based on true life. In 2016, I had the honor of meeting the talented Georgia playwright and writer Amina S. McIntyre, who was staying nearby at a Kentucky nature conservancy for an artist-in-residency program that I’d supported. The are… Submission Guidelines, © 1996-2021 BookPage and ProMotion, inc. | 2143 Belcourt Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212, 2021 preview: Most anticipated children's books, 2021 preview: Most anticipated mysteries & thrillers. Apparently, their ancestral line began six generations earlier with a French orphan, Martin Fugate. But when my novel went on submission to publishers and I was given the wonderful opportunity to talk to several editors, that changed. I thought about what a meaningful story it is, what an amazing and strong character Cussy Mary Carter is, what a realistic depiction of time and place is presented here, about how much I learned from it, how touched I was, and the wonderful way that the author blends the story of the Blue People of Kentucky with the Pack Horse Library Project. And I couldn’t stop imagining how the candle could have been the source of someone’s lifelong misery or joy and how it had been passed on to different generations. I’ve written about the blue people in nearly every edition of my human genetics textbook. Instead, this story involves me awkwardly toting a tall stack of heavy Pyrex casserole dishes down dangerous concrete steps for an elderly mountain lady. Their life is so tough. She and her father consider themselves to be the last of the blue people of Kentucky, a genetic trait passed on, but they don't know this yet. Start by marking “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” as Want to Read: Error rating book. The Fugates, a family that lived in the hills of Kentucky, commonly known as the "Blue Fugates" or the "Blue People of Kentucky", are notable for having been carriers of a genetic trait that led to the blood disorder methemoglobinemia, which causes the appearance of blue-tinged skin.. Ancestry. This is depression era, 1930' and people are struggling, making them look forward to the books, newspapers or magazines she brings. That visit with Amina led me to look for a courting candle. But Cussy, also known as Bluet and the Book Woman, shares her love of reading by delivering books to the people in the hills who don’t have easy access to libraries or schools. “I never understood why other people thought my color, any color, needed fixing.”, “Being able to return to the books was a sanctuary for my heart. They settled in Troublesome Creek, Kentucky. What?!? Cussy Mary Carter was arguably the last "blue skinned person" in Troublesome Creek, Kentucky. Some cannot read, so she reads to them, some are just learning to read, and some just look st the picture She is in all ways wonderful. I love novels where the story telling is based on true historical facts, especially when they are something I'd never heard of before. In fact an entire family from isolated Appalachia were blue. Such hunger for books....and food in the midst of the GREAT depression. Book Woman is a far better piece of writing and has the added aspect of the blue people. ALSO IN BOOKPAGE: Read our review of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. And a joy bolted free, lessening my own grievances, forgiving spent youth and dying dreams lost to a hard life, the hard land, and to folks’ hard thoughts and partialities.”, Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2019). ***Many thanks to SOURCEBOOKS Landmark via NetGalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review***. Cussy, nicknamed "Bluet", was subjected to taunts, prejudice and continuous ridicule due to her cobalt-blue skin color. Advertise Cussy lives as the town outcast with her coal-mining father and works as a packhorse librarian in Appalachia, delivering books … Long ago, I began collecting everything I could on the packhorse librarians and blue-skinned people, poring over archives, old newspapers, pictures, documentaries and more. Cussy is a nineteen year old and she is the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek was inspired by the true, historical blue-skinned people of Kentucky and From a childhood in foster care to a lifelong love for librarians, author Kim Michele Richardson shares the deep, personal connection to her new … She has volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, building houses, and is an advocate for the prevention of child abuse and domestic violence, partnering with the U.S. Navy globally to bring awareness and education to the prevention of domestic violence. I know I'm rowing against the tide in my review of this book, but my 3 stars is for the things I liked, and I'm not subtracting for the things I didn't. Martin Fugate, a French orphan, married a woman named Elizabeth around 1820. Their life is so tough. I was saddened to find how the Blues were treated—how people shunned and shamed them instead of embracing them for their very uniqueness. Published This novel is a love letter to books. https://www.hannahmcneely.com/ebook We hope you love it. It was a great story with likable characters (for the most part), and I enjoyed the research and information on both the blue people of Kentucky and the Book Women who brought books and magazines to the impoverished families in the hills. Maybe even a little worse. Living in a backwoods, one-room log house, life was a struggle for the nineteen year old and her pa, a coal miner. Linking the Blue People to the 'Fallen' Angels and the "EL" God. Combs was one of many of the so-called “blue men” of Kentucky, originally stemming from the French Fugate family which produced several generations of men possessing skin with a strange, pale blue coloration throughout the 1800s. Why the Fugate family has blue skin? Blue People Look for Genetic Connection to Kentucky Fugates Rare genetic condition gives people blue skin color. Pa lit a "courting candle", intent upon making sure Cussy "will knot". Readers have a lot to look forward to this year! She has blue skin. She suffers from a hereditary condition called methemoglobinemia. She’s also the last of the Blue people. Amina kindly showed me around the pastoral grounds and inside the old antebellum farmhouse that she occupied. Their father and daughter relationship is a close one, and a joy to behold. Digital The legend behind the candle says it was used by patriarchs to set a time limit for the suitor who came courting his daughter. Contact Us This feature of a blue skin shade is with the Fugate family who were of French Huguenot descent, with the original immigrant ancestor coming over from France in about 1820. Page Contents. She lifts up their spirits with the pleasure of reading. I'm interested in hearing the opinion of someone who has read both The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek and The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes. I was moved by her compassion and wisdom and have not forgotten her to this day. 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. She is the author of the bestselling memoir The Unbreakable. It worked. Although mankind has techically progressed since the days of Abraham, I question our intellectual progresson. Since Amina was new to the area and alone on the 300-acre preserve, I wanted to welcome her and drop off books and pie. I have much empathy for marginalized people, for anyone who has faced or faces prejudices and hardships. I love discovering new information from my fiction reads! • Tag: blue people of Kentucky. • Suitors would come and go wanting "a surety" that their progeny would not be blue. An attitude, a prejudice, an indescribable hate that still visits upon shores. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published (good creep factor). Thanks very much, Bijal. I was sort of shocked by the leap from the end of the next to the last chapter to the final chapter when the baby is already talking, reading, and so. Living in a backwoods, one-room log house, life was a struggle for the nineteen year old and her pa, a coal miner. When little Benjamin Benjy Stacy was born in a small hospital near Hazard, Kentucky, he was the picture of health. Old color photographs of the family clearly show about half of the members to have a distinct cobalt blue skin color, while the other have regular white skin color. Still, I found the candle a commanding and curious induction of courtship. In the 1960’s, a young hematologist named Madison Cawein traveled to the region, with an aim to cure the blue people of their skin color. Not myth or legend; The Blue People of Kentucky were an isolated enclave of Appalachian people who lived with an embarrassing skin discoloration until a young hematologist took notice and found a solution. The Blue People Of Kentucky: For almost two centuries, the “blue skinned people of the Fugate family” lived in the areas of Troublesome Creek and Ball Creek in the hills of eastern Kentucky. He was also very, very blue. • The year, 1936. Kim Michele currently finished her fourth novel, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek about the fierce and brave Kentucky Packhorse librarians. In 1960, he decided to move near Troublesome Creek in the hopes to meet one of them some day. We’d love your help. It's 1936 Kentucky when we first meet 19 year old Cussy Mary Carter and her pa who desperately wants to see her hitched and cared for....because he promised her ma....because of his black lung illness from working the mines. Sourcebooks Landmark Seems that Troublesome holds no boundaries and its edges of tainted water overflow onto humanity. ISBN It’s easy to feel the Blues’ pain deeply, particularly if you’ve gone through hardships in your own life. Cawein had just started work at the University of Kentucky’s Lexington medical clinic. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. The Blue People of Kentucky aren’t limited to Benjy and Luna. Since neither parent had symptoms of methemoglobinemia, they were shocked and confused, and no one could offer an explanation. Suitors would come and go wanting "a surety" that their progeny would not be blue. When in reality … And this book would win, hands down, also because of the intriguing inclusion of one of the Blue People of Kentucky as the lead character. To learn more, I visited with doctors and spoke with a hematologist. Maybe even a little worse. She was socially isolated, treated like an outcast. One of Martin and Elizabeth Fugate's blue boys, Zachariah, married his mother's sister. It’s 1935 and Cussy is a blue woman! This novel is a love letter to books. Yes, apparently blue people existed in Kentucky and were treated no better than the blacks. 9781492671527 This title is a lure in itself for any book loving folks. I was utterly captivated by the concept—although the unique spiral design of the 100-year-old wrought iron courting candle was likely created as a mere practicality to keep the melting candle in place and from slipping. Cussy is a nineteen year old and she is the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry. By SUSAN DONALDSON … This book explores the life of Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry and is based on true life. Eventually I found one: a small curiosity to be admired, more decor than practical. As part of FDRs work program, she rides her mule and delivers her books. A pack librarian in the Kentucky Appalachians, she delivers books to folks living in the hollers. I wanted to embrace their strengths and uniqueness in story. I shorty went back and gave it the five stars it deserves. Cussy is a pack horse librarian and she delivers books to people that live in the mountains of Kentucky. So blue, in fact, that his skin was the deep purple color of a plum. Benjy descended from the Stacy line. The Blue people of Kentucky were segregated in the 1930s much the same as those who had anything but white skin. And what a fascinating story it was. • Inspired by the true blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse library service of the 1930s, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman’s belief that books can carry us … A few months back, I came across a novel by Kentucky writer Kim Michele Richardson, “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek.” Compulsively readable, Richardson’s novel tells the story of Cussy Carter, the last of the “Kentucky Blue” people, who takes a job with the Depression-era WPA Pack Horse Library project to deliver books into the remote mountains of eastern Kentucky. See all 23 questions about The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek…, Goodreads Choice Awards 2019 (eligible for write-in only). Just feast your eyes upon all of these debut books to check out and emerging authors to... To see what your friends thought of this book, Book Woman is a far better piece of writing and has the added aspect of the blue people. BookPage Behind the Book by Sadly, there isn’t a cool or exciting wolf or bear-that-chased-me story to be had here. Additionally, I spent thousands of hours exploring everything from fauna to flora to folklore to food and longtime traditions indigenous to Appalachia. She is the author of the bestselling memoir The Unbreakable Child, and a book critic for the New York Journal of Books. 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. They eventually passed their unique characteristic from generation to generation, remaining largely isolated from the outside world. Important and conducive to good writing and creating, so I thought! After an embarrassingly painful fall, my arm suffered seven breaks, but the Pyrex survived with nary a scratch. Isolation is the painful undertone of this book. Some cannot read, so she reads to them, some are just learning to read, and some just look st the picture She is in all ways won. Her journeys are thrilling as she shares her passion with those less fortunate but able to take a fullness from the reading materials she provides. H. Cussy Mary Carter was arguably the last "blue skinned person" in Troublesome Creek, Kentucky. 05/07/2019, Bookstore As a result of inbreeding some people developed a rare blood condition which meant their skin was blue and their blood was brown. They can't wait for Cussy to show up with their books. I was fortunate to have a shoebox apartment atop a mountain in Appalachia and to be able to live in that landscape and spend time with native Appalachians who taught me the lyrics and language of their people and ancestors. • Her rare condition called methemoglobinemia caused decreased oxygenation in the blood producing blue skin. The Blue People of Kentucky, also known as the Blue Fugates, have long been of scientific interest. His doctors were alarmed by the sight and immediately sent him by ambulance to a hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. From the beginning I adored Cussy or Bluet as she is called by some. She has volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, building houses, and is an advocate for the prevention of child abuse and domestic violence, partnering with the U.S. Navy globally to bring awareness and education to the prevention of domestic violence. From a childhood in foster care to a lifelong love for librarians, author Kim Michele Richardson shares the deep, personal connection to her new novel, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. When I finished this book, I thought it was such a good story and I immediately gave it four stars, but then I thought about it more as I was writing this. Her novels include, Liar’s Bench, GodPretty in the Tobacco Field and The Sisters of Glass Ferry. By: Kim Michele Richardson. As a foster child in 1970, I remember going to my first library one lonely summer and checking out a book with the help of a librarian who wisely informed me that I could take home more than one. Apr 10, 2019 By Kayode Oseh . Benjy Stacy was the latest child born in a long line of Fugates – the blue people of Kentucky – who had lived in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky for the past 197 years. Not myth or legend; The Blue People of Kentucky were an isolated enclave of Appalachian people who lived with an embarrassing skin discoloration until a young hematologist took notice and found a solution. The only similarities that I noticed were: Kim Michele Richardson lives in Kentucky and resides part-time in Western North Carolina. The people. • The year is 1936 and the setting takes place in the Appalachian Mountains into the woods of Troublesome Creek. Stacy and they had 13 children year old and she is the of. 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