Four Women set out on horseback to bring the library to remote communities. 1935 Ozark Mountains--Grace Billings jumped at the chance to be a traveling librarian, but she didn't anticipate the long days of work, the intense poverty, or the handsome new schoolteacher whose love for the mountain people surpasses even her own. 1936, Pine Mountain, Georgia--Ruth Sims joins the traveling library initiative, only to discover she must go to the one place she swore never to return. The children instantly steal her heart with their thirst for books, and she's happy in her post, until she meets their teacher, Will Munroe--the man who broke her heart. 1935, Mississippi--Forced out of her comfort zone, Lily Bee Davis travels by horse or boat, taking books to remote areas. When she meets little Evie and her reclusive father as a dilapidated plantation house, she is moved by their losses and longs to draw them out into life again. 1936,Kentucky--Lottie Trent connects with a backwoods bully's wife by secretly carrying messages for her in exchange for books. FBI agent Clayton Turnbow is on the trail of a criminal gang and discovers the packhorse librarian may be a key member. Part of FDR's New Deal was the Works Progress Administration, which funded the Pack Horse Library Initiative. Ride along with four book-loving women who bravely fight for literacy in remote communities during the Great Depression. Will their efforts be rewarded by finding love in the process.
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