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Book SynopsisLike Bastard Out of Carolina, ffitch''s electrifying debut novel is a paean to independence and a protest against the materialism of our age. O: The Oprah Magazine
Delightfully raucous. Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal
Helen arrives in Appalachian Ohio full of love and her boyfriend's ideas for living off the land. Too soon, with winter coming, he calls it quits. Helped by Rudyher government-questioning, wisdom-spouting, seasonal-affective-disordered bossand a neighbor couple, Helen makes it to spring. Those neighbors, Karen and Lily, are awaiting the arrival of their first child, a boy, which means their time at the Women's Land Trust must end.
So Helen invites the new family to throw in with herthey'll split the work and the food, build a house, and make a life that sustains them, if barely, for years. Then young Perley decides he wants to go to school. And Rudy sets up a fruit-tree nursery on the pipeline easement
