Author Cassie Chambers’ granny was a child bride in eastern Kentucky. She rose before dawn every morning to tend to seven children. Though she was flat broke, she wouldn’t hesitate to give a struggling neighbor her last slice of pie or vegetables from her garden. 

This inspiring memoir follows her granny and two more generations of hill women in Cassie's family through teen pregnancies and hard times along a road that ended up guiding Cassie to Harvard Law.Though the Ivy League gave the author knowledge and opportunities, that privileged world felt far from her own.

Cassie eventually moved back home to one of the nation's poorest counties and provided rural Kentucky women with free legal services.These women have faced daunting issues — poverty, domestic violence, and the opioid crisis in a world that seems more divided by the day.

But they somehow hold their towns together. With nuance and heart, Chambers pairs these women’s stories with her own journey, breaking down hilbilly myths and illuminating a misunderstood region along the way.

This is a hardback book.

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