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A review by brittelkins
Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers
5.0
The stories don't really compare, but I know this came up as a suggestion for me because I enjoyed Hillbilly Elegy and love Ron Rash novels.... however this book is better than Hillbilly Elegy and hit home in a lot of ways for me. My grandparents came from Floyd and Pike Counties in Kentucky and the hills of Appalachia. Many of their relatives are still there or lived their whole lives and died there. There were many aspects of this story that reminded me of my family and specific relatives and I could hear their voices in Chambers's writing.
Whether you have family from this area like me or are interested in the ways some parts of the country seem unchanging in this ever-changing world, I recommend this book. This story is about how some rural areas might as well be an entirely different country from the more populated regions of the states they lie within. But it's also about Cassie Chambers's life and growing up in two worlds that couldn't be farther apart from one another.
Whether you have family from this area like me or are interested in the ways some parts of the country seem unchanging in this ever-changing world, I recommend this book. This story is about how some rural areas might as well be an entirely different country from the more populated regions of the states they lie within. But it's also about Cassie Chambers's life and growing up in two worlds that couldn't be farther apart from one another.