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Book Club Registration - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (October 2026)


NGHS Health Sciences Library is hosting a free virtual book club activity. Participants will be reading and discussing The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson on Thursday, October 29th from noon-1:00 pm.

The TEAMS link will be sent to you via the email you use to register.


Goodreads Summary:

In 1936, tucked deep into the woods of Troublesome Creek, KY, lives blue-skinned 19-year-old Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry.
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The lonely young Appalachian woman joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a librarian, riding across slippery creek beds and up treacherous mountains on her faithful mule to deliver books and other reading material to the impoverished hill people of Eastern Kentucky.
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Along her dangerous route, Cussy, known to the mountain folk as Bluet, confronts those suspicious of her damselfly-blue skin and the government's new book program. She befriends hardscrabble and complex fellow Kentuckians, and is fiercely determined to bring comfort and joy, instill literacy, and give to those who have nothing, a bookly respite, a fleeting retreat to faraway lands.
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3.Are you employeed with Northeast GA Health System?(Required.)
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5.Privacy/Technology Statement

Discussions will be facilitated virtually using “TEAMS” application, with an account hosted by Northeast Georgia Health System [NGHS]. This meeting will not be recorded nor archived by NGHS, and is open to anyone who has registered and received the link. To respect individual privacy, all participants are asked NOT to record or capture any part of the meeting until the facilitator announces a photo opportunity at the end. Precautions will be taken to ensure a safe, enjoyable space for interaction, however facilitators have no control over the actions of participants; including but not limited to: choice of profile photo/background image; posting offensive language/content; using personal devices to record images, audio, and video of the meeting. Offensive language or unruly behavior will not be tolerated. Violators will be removed from group discussion.

The TEAMS link will be sent to you via the email you register with.
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