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Author Chambers, Cassie, author.

Title Hill women : finding family and a way forward in the Appalachian Mountains / Cassie Chambers.

Publication Info. New York : Ballantine Books, [2020]

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY CHAMBERS    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. CHAMBERS, C.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B CHAMBERS, CASSIE    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO CHAMBERS    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY CHAMBERS    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  929.20973 CHA    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Pearl Street Branch Library - Biographies  B CHAMBERS    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  929.2097 CHAMBERS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 CHAMBERS, CAS    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B CHAMBERS FAMILY    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xii, 279 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, Owsley County is the poorest county in Kentucky and the second poorest in the country. Buildings are crumbling and fields sit vacant, as tobacco farming and coal mining decline. But strong women are finding creative ways to subsist in their hollers in the hills. Cassie Chambers grew up amidst these hollers, and through the women who raised her, she traces her own path out of and back into the Kentucky mountains. Cassie's Granny was a child bride who rose before dawn every morning to raise seven children. Despite her poverty, she wouldn't hesitate to give the last bite of pie or vegetables from her garden to a struggling neighbor. Her two daughters took very different paths: strong-willed Ruth--the hardest-working tobacco farmer in the county--stayed on the family farm, while spirited Wilma--the sixth child--became the first in the family to graduate high school, then moved an hour away for college. Married at nineteen and pregnant with Cassie a few months later, Wilma beat the odds to finish school. She raised her daughter to think she could move mountains, like the ones that kept her safe but also isolated from the larger world. Cassie would spend much of her childhood with Granny and Ruth in the hills of Owsley County, both while Wilma was a student and after. With her "hill women" values guiding her, Cassie went on to graduate from Harvard Law. But while the Ivy League gave her knowledge and opportunities, its privileged world felt far from her reality, and she moved back home to help her fellow rural Kentucky women by providing free legal services. Appalachian women face issues that are all too common: domestic violence, the opioid crisis, a world that seems more divided by the day. But they are also community leaders, keeping their towns together in the face of a system that continually fails them. With nuance and heart, Cassie uses these women's stories paired with her own journey to break down the myth of the "hillbilly" and illuminate a region whose poor communities, especially women, can lead it into the future"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Chambers, Cassie.
Chambers, Cassie -- Family.
Chambers family.
Owsley County (Ky.) -- Biography.
Country life -- Kentucky -- Owsley County.
Rural women -- Kentucky -- Owsley County -- Social conditions.
Owsley County (Ky.) -- Social conditions.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural.
Chambers family. (OCoLC)fst00218763
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
Rural women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01101909
Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
Kentucky -- Owsley County. (OCoLC)fst01203160
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Autobiographies.
Other Form: Online version: Chambers, Cassie. Hill women. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2020] 9781984818928 (DLC) 2019037450
ISBN 9781984818911 (hardback)
1984818910 (hardback)
9781984818928 (ebook)
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