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020			_a9781984818911 _q(hardback)
020			_a9781984818935 _q(paperback)
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100	1		_aChambers, Cassie, _eauthor. _9637
245	1	0	_aHill women : _bfinding family and a way forward in the Appalachian Mountains / _cCassie Chambers.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2001
264		1	_aNew York : _bBallantine Books, _c[2020]
300			_axii, 279 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 273-279).
520			_a"Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, Owsley County is one of the poorest counties in both Kentucky and the country. Buildings are crumbling and fields sit vacant, as tobacco farming and coal mining decline. But strong women find 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 from 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 her 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 in collrge 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, Chambers 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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aChambers, Cassie. _9637
600	1	0	_aChambers, Cassie _xFamily. _9638
600	3	0	_aChambers family. _9639
650		0	_aMountain life _zKentucky _zOwsley County. _9640
650		0	_aAutobiography _vWomen authors. _9641
650		0	_aRural women _zKentucky _zOwsley County _xSocial conditions. _9642
651		0	_aOwsley County (Ky.) _vBiography. _9643
651		0	_aOwsley County (Ky.) _xSocial conditions. _9644
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aChambers, Cassie. _tHill women. _bFirst edition. _dNew York : Ballantine Books, [2020] _z9781984818928 _w(DLC) 2019037450
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