Kim Michele Richardson. Kensington, $15 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-61773-733-6
Richardson, author of the memoir The Unbreakable Child, misses the target with this over-the-top debut novel, which details how a girl spends the days shortly after her 17th birthday searching for the truth about her mother’s suspicious death. In a...
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Kim Michele Richardson. Kensington, $15 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-61773-735-0
Richardson’s (Liar’s Bench) deft second novel paints a picture of the hard life and bright dreams of young RubyLyn Bishop in Nameless, Ky., during the summer of 1969. Fifteen-year-old RubyLyn was orphaned young and is now the charge of her uncle,...
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Kim Michele Richardson. Kensington, $15 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-0955-4
Richardson (Liar’s Bench) brings to life Glass Ferry, Ky., in this multigenerational tale about the bond between sisters, family secrets, fine bourbon, and the lingering price of loss. Flannery Butler grew up in rural 1950s Kentucky under the shadow
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Kim Michele Richardson. Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-4926-7152-7
This gem of a historical from Richardson (The Sisters of Glass Ferry) features an indomitable heroine navigating a community steeped in racial intolerance. In 1936, 19-year-old Cussy Mary Carter works for the New Deal–funded Pack Horse Library...
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Kim Michele Richardson. Sourcebooks Landmark, $16.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-72824-259-0
In this earnest follow-up to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, Richardson focuses on 16-year-old Honey Lovett, the daughter of Cussy Mary Lovett, the woman with blue skin whose work for the Pack Horse Library during the 1930s featured in the...
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