The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes

The mountain people of Kentucky are known to be a very tight-knit group and this distrust and racial tension was evident in the difficulties that the horseback librarians had in convincing the people in power in small communities that it was very much needed. These brave women from all backgrounds were so much more than delivery people bringing recipes books and romance novels - they were a lifeline that connected remote mountain dwellers providing news, entertainment, educational materials and more. It took a group of mismatched, tough as nails women to tackle the progressive program that Eleanor Roosevelt envisioned. A powerful story of what happens when you tell someone they can't do something. Loved the real characters and their unusual backgrounds.