![]() ![]() The story takes on a dangerous turn when she is accused of murder. Partly because Margery supports Alice and partly because of her love for the mountains and the mountain-folk, she comes into a confrontation with the Van Cleves who own the largest coal mines of the area. They become an inseparable team, a support system for each other, specially for Alice, who has to struggle hard on the personal front. Through their books the women open doors not just to knowledge but also to comfort and camaraderie. ![]() Beth, Izzy and Sophie make up the rest of the group. The library is headed by Margery, a strong independent woman and Alice is at once awed and enchanted by her devil-may-care attitude. These women travel long distances on horseback, through sun, rain and snow, carrying with them books to be delivered to isolated houses on the hills. When she gets the opportunity of becoming part of a girl gang of pack-horse librarians she signs on eagerly. ![]()
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