The Book Woman’s Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson follows in the tradition of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. It’s both a sequel and a stand-alone book, and it more than lives up to its best-selling predecessor. Honey Lovett follows in Cussy’s footsteps as she too becomes a book woman and negotiates the daily challenges of living alone in Appalachia. It is as much a story of a people as it is the story of a woman finding her strength. Highly recommended.