JUSTICE UNBOUND BOOK CLUB

All are welcome to join Legal Aid Society’s book club, Justice Unbound. We believe that stories have the power to create empathy and connect communities. Our book club aims to explore issues related to civil legal justice, better understand the challenges facing low-income communities, and inspire creative solutions to complicated and systemic issues.

Benefits of Joining

20% discount on all book club books at Carmichaels Bookstore
Invitation to our Books and Breakfast series (our book discussion events)
Connection with a community of individuals passionate about civil legal justice

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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

In 1936, tucked deep into the woods of Troublesome Creek, KY, lives blue-skinned 19-year-old Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry. The lonely young Appalachian woman joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a librarian, riding across slippery creek beds and up treacherous mountains on her faithful mule to deliver books and other reading material to the impoverished hill people of Eastern Kentucky.

Books & Breakfast

Thursday, August 21 at 8:30 am our West Louisville Office.

Coffee and a light breakfast will be provided.

Join us for the companion event where we dive deeper into the book and it’s themes as they related to poverty in our community, legal aid, and the role of the legal system.

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Past Reading

MAID by Stephanie Land

March 2025
“I had to stop hoping for someone to come along and love me. I had to do it myself, ducking my head and barreling through anything life brought. I felt like sitting down meant I wasn't doing enough - like the sort of lazy welfare recipient I was assumed to be.”
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

October 2024
“Live long enough, and all things you ever loved can turn around to scorch you blind. The wonder is that you could start life with nothing, end with nothing, and lose so much in between.”
Other Suggested Reading

View from the Bench by Judge McKay Chauvin
“I Left Poverty After Writing ‘Maid.’ But Poverty Never Left Me.” By Stephanie Land.