Kim Michele Richardson presents The Mountains We Call Home

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Each ticket includes a copy of the book with the option for paperback or hardcover.

In this standalone and companion novel to the The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek series, our heroine for the ages, legendary book woman, Cussy Lovett, returns home. A powerful testament of strength, survival, and the magic of the printed word, The Mountains We Call Home is wrapped into a vivid portrait of Kentucky life: examining incarceration and criminalization, exploring the effects on the poor and powerless, and tracing the societal consequences of fractured family bonds, along with nostalgic glimpses of a bustling, multifaceted Louisville, and heartwarming portraits of reading efforts in every facet of life.

Meticulously researched and richly detailed with a new cast of absorbing and complex characters, this beautifully rendered, authentic Kentucky tale is gritty and heartbreaking and infused with hope, spirit, and courage known only to those with no way out.

A native-born Kentuckian, Kim Michele Richardson is the New York Times, L.A. Times, USA Today bestselling author who has written six novels, a memoir and most recently, two children’s picture books. The works have been published in more than 18 languages, and she is a two-time Southern Book Prize finalist. Her novel The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is taught widely in high schools and college classrooms and has been adopted as a Common Read selection by states, cities, and colleges across the country and abroad, and was a Favorite Read by Dolly Parton in People Magazine. Kim Michele was inducted into the Kentucky Women’s Remembers Exhibit in 2025 by Gov. Andy Beshear for her contributions to Kentucky, and was awarded a Doctorate in Humanities from Eastern Kentucky University. She lives with her family in Kentucky and is the founder of Shy Rabbit, a writers residency, and a literacy initiative Courthouses Reading Across Kentucky & Beyond.

Emily Bingham is the prizewinning author of three books, most recently, My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song. Her Travel & Leisure essay on bourbon tourism was a James Beard Award finalist, and her work has appeared in Vogue, Salon, Ohio Valley History, The Journal of Southern History, Newsweek, and The Wall Street Journal. Emily earned her Ph.D. in history from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She served as president of the Southern Association for Women Historians in 2024 and is Visiting Honors Faculty Fellow at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky.

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