Honestly, I didn’t want to read this book. It just didn’t sound like something I would enjoy, and I try to avoid books with controversy around them. However, this book was picked for a book club I’m in so I had no choice but to read it.

It tells the story of Alice who moves from England to Baileysville, Kentucky after she marries her husband. Alice joins Margery and some other ladies at the pack horse library delivering books in the mountains to people who wouldn’t have access to them otherwise. Sounds like a great thing, but Alice’s father-in-law is against Margery and will do anything to take her and the library down.

This is based on a true story, and I really respected these ladies for what they did to get books and magazines to the other people in their town. It started out rather slowly, to the point I almost gave up on it. I’m glad I didn’t though. I ended up really enjoying this heartwarming story.