The Mountains We Call Home Book Review

 

The Mountains We Call Home: The Book Woman's Legacy

By: Kim Michele Richardson

Publish Date: April 21, 2026

Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark/Sourcebooks Landmark

General Fiction (Adult)/Historical Fiction/Women's Fiction

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Book Review:

I loved this book and gave it 5 stars. It was great to back in Cussy's world. We find out what happens to her and her small family after the first book. You can read this as a standalone, but you would have no idea what she went through and be a little lost in their story. I would advise you to read the two books before this one.

In this book Cussy and Jackson are in prison because they are married. Cussy is a Blue and so considered colored. She isn't ill or anything like that she just has a genetic defect that not too many people have. There is a shot that she can take to make her "normal", but the side effects make her ill and she can't live a normal life. While in prison Cussy is able to work in the kitchen and befriends a person who is the grandmother of her daughter Honey. Cussy not only cleans the kitchen but keeps the books and has helped greatly with their budget. Eventually she gets the job of prison librarian and makes a big difference in the prison, and she becomes well liked even by the guards. She has even gone over to the men's prison and help over there.

Soon Cussy is loaned out to help a colored library with the literacy program. Just before she goes, she finds out she is pregnant and is hoping she doesn't have return because once she returns, they will abort the baby and sterilize her. 

She has been a great help and again everyone likes her. 

I won't tell what happens when she is helping the library because I want you to read Cussy's story in full.

This is a great series, and Kim does an excellent job with her research. You are rooting for Cussy and her family and you are cussing out the government at the same time.