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Chambers, Cassie

Chambers, Cassie

Cary Regional
East Regional
Eva H. Perry Regional
Fuquay-Varina Community
Leesville Community
Middle Creek Community
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional
Wake Forest Community
West Regional

Biography

Cary Regional - Biography
East Regional - Biography
Eva H. Perry Regional - Biography
Fuquay-Varina Community - Biography
Leesville Community - Biography
Middlecreek Community - Biography
North Regional - Biography
Northeast Regional - Biography
Oberlin Regional - Biography
Southeast Regional - Biography
Wake Forest Community - Biography
West Regional - Biography

"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"--

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Non Fiction

Non Fiction

B CHAMBERS

Wake County Public Libraries

Cary Regional
East Regional
Eva H. Perry Regional
Fuquay-Varina Community
Leesville Community
Middle Creek Community
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional
Wake Forest Community
West Regional

9781984818911

2020

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Random House Publishing Group

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Chambers family
Chambers, Cassie
Chambers, Cassie -- Family
Owsley County (Ky.) -- Biography
Owsley County (Ky.) -- Social conditions
Rural life -- Kentucky -- Owsley County
Rural women -- Kentucky -- Owsley County -- Social conditions

Hill women : finding family and a way forward in the Appalachian Mountains

Hill Women Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains
Hill women : finding family and a way forward in the Appalachian Mountains / Cassie Chambers

Hill women

finding family and a way forward in the Appalachian Mountains

Biography & Autobiography
Chambers family
Chambers, Cassie
Family
Nonfiction
Rural life
Rural women
Social conditions
Sociology