EASY Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies Recipe is delicious in crunchy, gooey flavor. The very best cookie to make when you don't want to heat up the oven. This post has been updated with new photography!
When it comes to baking cookies in the summer months, I have two favorite kinds.
The no-bake kind, where you whip up the dough, place scoops on a cookie sheet, and place in the fridge to harden up. Like this Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies Recipe, ready to enjoy in only 30 minutes and no heating up the oven.
Then there were my mom's "refrigerator oatmeal cookies," the kind where the dough was shaped into a nice long log, wrapped in wax paper, and stored in the refrigerator.
Busted! Another easy way to enjoy of a slice of sweet, tantalizing goodness!
A few weeks ago on a very hot summer night, our family wanted cookies, but I didn't want to heat up the oven. I pulled out mom's recipe and whipped up a batch of no-bake cookies. Mom had so many cookie recipes. This Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies Recipe is not new, it's been around for years, but it's still a summer favorite!
Add a chunk of chocolate to the center, refrigerate and ENJOY!
Oh, and did you know these cookies freeze well, too?
What's your favorite version of no-bake or refrigerator cookies?
These cookies FREEZE well, too!
In a saucepan bring to a boil the sugar, cocoa, butter and milk.
Let boil for 1 minute then add peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal. Mix well.
On a sheet of parchment paper, drop spoonfuls of cookie dough; add a chunk of chocolate to each cookie. Refrigerate for at least one hour; ENJOY!
I'm happy to share some amazing cookie recipes and yumminess here today on my round-up. I hope you'll enjoy them, too!
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This is incredibly perfect for cookies! Just wondering what's the perfect side bake on this heavenly menu?
Love the traditional, minus the coconut that is often in them. I found a recipe last year that I made that was a bit more "healthy" but just as yummy, and now I realize I don't know where that recipe is…I better start hunting for it.
These look great! Out of curiosity, what do you use for your chocolate chunks?
Kristi, they are Guittard Super Cookie Chocolate Chips! I love them – so good!
We always called these "Mystery Bars" and my sister would make them for me when she'd come home from college. THey are the go – to chocolate fix at our house. (I have been known, on certain emotional days, to make a mini batch for myself and sit w/ a spoon and the pan self-medicating) :-) And when I asked my kids what things they would always remember about home once they are out on their own, Mystery Bars was one of the first things they said.
Shoot….if I wasn't out of cocoa powder I think I'm make some now!
Who knew there were so many variations on a No Bake? Will have to try some of these out!
I did want to let you know I made your Mom's "Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler" this week…WOW is all I gotta say! It was delicious and definitely a recipe that I will be using again and again! Thanks so much for sharing!
YUM! I love no-bake cookies (unless coconut is added, and then I'm so bummed) (C: Some of the recipes you shared look sooo good…rocky road no-bake…YUM. I haven't made no bakes in awhile. Think I might need to try them.
I was wanting to bake my kiddos cookies today, but it was way too hot! Thanks, they'll love these! I'll tell them it's Aunt M's recipe!
Ha! All I saw was "I was wanting to bake my kiddos today"…totally missed the "cookies" part (C: How funny!
Hello, I am visiting from the link up party for Relevant.
You have a very beautiful blog…… so upbeat and cheery!
I would love to visit again some time.
I posted a link to your "jar flipping" canning method from my blog today. I hope that was ok.
This soooo reminds me of childhood. I should make these since I can't bake a thing and might cry about it daily.
I love this list of no-bakes. And, thanks for including my recipe!
I grew up with those cookies and they are a favorite of our family also! YUM!!!! Some of the other ones you've shown are also pretty yummy looking too! Yikes!! My sweet tooth is kicking in…I may just have to make some cookies this afternoon!
No-bake cookies are da bomb diggity! These are the first cookies my husband learned to cook, but he never even go them to the cookie sheet, just ate them out of the pan. But then, what's wrong with that?
Sandy, I've read your book and loved it. Didn't realize you had a website. Thanks so much for the link.
Your no-bake cookies bring back memories for me. My sister used to give us a bag full of them for our trip home from Alabama to Texas. Of course, we felt pretty sick after eating a bunch along with lots of other junk by the time we arrived.
Our kids love these, Sherrie got the recipe from our high school cafeteria lady. They made these and sold them at the snack bar at our high school, so many years ago LOL. They are YUMMY!!!
No doubt about it for me: my kids call these "World's Fastest Cookies" because they take so little time to make. The taste? Absolutely amazing!
I think our recipes are the same- and I love these cookies!! :) The last one with Nutella is one we'll have to try; the kids and I just polished off a jar yesterday!


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Darwin braces itself on Tracy anniversary as threat of holiday cyclone increases
Weather forecasters have upgraded the threat of a cyclone that could hit Darwin on the 37th anniversary of the devastation caused by cyclone Tracy.
An official cyclone warning was declared late yesterday, indicating gale force winds could affect the mainland within the next 24 hours.
The move is an upgrade on the threat level from a cyclone watch, which was put in place on Wednesday.
Advertisement: Story continues below The Bureau of Meteorology's regional director in Darwin, Andrew Tupper, said the tropical low in the Arafura Sea is looking more like becoming a cyclone, prompting the warning upgrade.
''The only thing that will stop it becoming a cyclone is if it hits land first,'' Dr Tupper said.
''The longer it stays over water the more intense it could become, but at this stage it is below cyclone strength.''
Despite the impending threat, Darwin businessman Dwyn Delaney is predicting a ''fizzer''.
''I'm just going to make sure I've got plenty of green cans and the biggest leg of ham and I reckon I'll be right,'' he said last night. ''I'm a cyclone expert now because of the simple reason I did everything wrong last time [in 1974] … We went out partying.''
Mr Delaney, who is Darwin born and bred, has vivid memories of cyclone Tracy in 1974.
''Like everyone else, I nearly got killed,'' he said.
''It was like getting shot at for about six hours, you couldn't put your head up. The whole house just exploded and the wind just didn't abate.''
Despite his experience, Mr Delaney plans to watch the Boxing Day Test from the safety of his undisturbed lounge room.
''I honestly don't think [the cyclone] will happen, but some people are running around panicking and buying water and supplies,'' he said.
''We just have to hang in there and go with the flow.''
But Darwin's National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre executive director Len Notaras warned against complacency.
''There's certainly no complacency in emergency services that are responding, but quite often for those who haven't been through something like this before, there's a little bit of bravado and complacency,'' Dr Notaras told The Saturday Age.
''The worst possible thing anyone could do is stock up on grog because that really would blur and shade the margins if you were trying to respond to something so critical,'' he said.
Dr Notaras said there was a sense of high alert and vigilance in Darwin, and the imminent threat could rekindle the ''sheer terror'' of cyclone Tracy.
''It definitely rekindles the anxiety and all of the tensions that are involved, particularly when there's a weather pattern such as this,'' he said.
''Being Christmas, the fact that it is lurking about at this stage heightens the expectation.''
The cyclone warning includes coastal areas from Cape Don on the Cobourg Peninsula north-east of Darwin, to Milingimbi, about 500 kilometres east of Darwin, with gale warnings issued for Darwin and the Tiwi Islands.
Forecasters expect the low to become a cyclone either late on Saturday or early on Sunday.
Dr Tupper said meteorologists were having trouble tracking the centre of the storm but it appeared to be travelling slowly eastwards.
The Bureau of Meteorology has said gales with gusts to 110 km/h were expected to develop late on Saturday or early on Sunday.
Cyclone Tracy started out as a tropical low that formed on December 20, 1974, and gradually intensified.
On December 24 it hit Darwin and despite warnings, the city's residents were largely unprepared.
Forty-nine people were killed by the cyclone on land, while another 22 were killed at sea. Most of the city's buildings were either totally destroyed or badly damaged.
Northern Territory authorities have warned people within the watch area to put together an emergency kit, clear their yards and balconies and commence home shelter preparations.
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Leverage: Φινλανδικό συγκρότημα μελωδικού heavy /power metal. Δραστηριοποιήθηκε δισκογραφικά την προηγούμενη δεκαετία κυκλοφορώντας (από το 2005 έως το 2009) τρία full length albums, ένα single, ένα ep κι ένα demo. Στην συνέχεια "χαθήκανε" τα δισκογραφικά τους ίχνη μέχρι πρόπερσι.
Το single "Red Moon Over Sonora" και το ep "The Devil's Turn" τους ξανάφεραν στην επικαιρότητα. Το νέο τους δισκογραφικό πόνημα, ο πρώτος "ολοκληρωμένος" δίσκος μετά από μία δεκαετία, φέρει τον τίτλο "Determinus" και κυκλοφόρησε στα τέλη ου περασμένου Απρίλη...
Δελτίο τύπου: «Finnish heavy rockers Leverage finally put an end to their 10 year hiatus between studio albums with the release of their highly anticipated new album, "Determinus". Preceded by the release of the 2018 (digital only) EP "The Devil's Turn", Leverage are set to retake their place in the standings of the heavy metal/hard rock community with this new album.
Leverage is not a power metal band, nor an AOR band, and definitely not a throwback to the 80's band. Leverage don't fall into an easy category. Leverage developed their own style of heavy rock in the 2000's. For the band, it has always been about making and playing music with all of their hearts and souls while having a blast doing it. Their sonic stamp says "Leverage". That's it. "The new album is the same but different," says guitarist and founder Tuomas Heikkinen.
"This is the way I write. It is heavy rock and draws from a variety of influences, mine or the other members. I used to make demos that had every bass, drum and keyboard note MIDI programmed to detail and then just asked the guys to reproduce that exactly, but now I only underline the passages that I feel are essential and let them have a go at expressing themselves as musicians. And just as importantly, I always try to hear the vocalist in my head when writing. Pekka and Kimmo are two different singers, that definitely guides the process."
Leverage landed on the scene in 2006 with the independent release of their debut album, "Tides". With their blend of symphonic and melodic hard rock combined with some progressive metal twists, Leverage created a buzz on the scene and were signed by Frontiers for the release of their second album, "Blind Fire" in 2008. Spinefarm/Universal picked the band up for their next album, "Circus Colossus" (2009), but the band became inactive not too long after.
"People that have heard the music say that it definitely has the Leverage vibe, but also covers new ground. It has variety, ranging from pretty damn heavy to all kinds of far ends at times. This album sounds like a band playing and there's movement where we didn't use to have it. There's less overdubs, not too many huge hired choirs, very little MIDI orchestrations and less tracks all together," continues Heikkinen.
"Determinus" also introduces their amazing new singer, Kimmo Blom (Urban Tale, Raskasta Joulua) and a new guitar player, Mikko Salovaara. "Kimmo is a phenomenal and very versatile singer. He draws pictures in front of you the way he sings," concludes Tuomas.
"He has a huge presence, both seen and heard and is not the most typical vocalist in this scene. He approaches each song as a short story and really throws himself in there. Mikko is a monster guitar player with a background of very heavy and complex metal with a band called Kiuas. It was like "I am going to get him or Leverage will have only one guitar". I am happy he wanted to join the band. I have been blessed to get to work with outstanding guitar players in Leverage, first with Torsti and now with Mikko."
"I'm really excited about all this, getting back to making Leverage music with a great group of people, old and new. And getting it out through a solid label to the fans," concludes Tuomas.»
Band: Leverage
Country of origin: Finland
Location: Helsinki/Jyväskylä
Genre: Heavy/Power Metal
Lyrical themes: Life, Nature
Video: "When We Were Young"
Album: "Determinus"
Label: Frontiers Records
01. Burn Love Burn
02. Wind Of Morrigan
04. Red Moon Over Sonora (album version)
05. Mephistocrate
06. Afterworld's Disciple
07. When We Were Young
08. Heaven's No Place For Us
09. Hand Of God
10. Rollerball
11. Troy
Kimmo Blom - vocals
Mikko Salovaara - guitars
Tuomas Heikkinen - guitars
Sami Norrbacka - bass
Valtteri Revonkorpi - drums
Marko Niskala - keyboards
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Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains
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After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the strong "hill women" who raised and inspired her, and whose values have the potential to rejuvenate a struggling region—an uplifting and eye-opening memoir for readers of Hillbilly Elegy and Educated.
Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, Owsley County is one of the poorest c After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the strong "hill women" who raised and inspired her, and whose values have the potential to rejuvenate a struggling region—an uplifting and eye-opening memoir for readers of Hillbilly Elegy and Educated.
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 are finding creative ways to subsist in their hollers in the hills.
Cassie Chambers grew up in these hollers and, through the women who raised her, she traces her own path out of and back into the Kentucky mountains. Chambers'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 college 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. ...more
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Dec 02, 2019 Angela M rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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Cassie Chambers is an attorney, an Ivy League graduate of Yale and Harvard Law School and in this memoir pays loving tribute to the strong women who graced her life growing up in Appalachian Hills in Owsley County Kentucky in a place called Cow Creek. It's a place steeped in poverty, but filled with people of grit, gumption, creativity, hard working people like her grandmother, her mother and her aunt. The poverty is extensive, as she describes the lives of the people here. Her family was more f Cassie Chambers is an attorney, an Ivy League graduate of Yale and Harvard Law School and in this memoir pays loving tribute to the strong women who graced her life growing up in Appalachian Hills in Owsley County Kentucky in a place called Cow Creek. It's a place steeped in poverty, but filled with people of grit, gumption, creativity, hard working people like her grandmother, her mother and her aunt. The poverty is extensive, as she describes the lives of the people here. Her family was more fortunate than some as share croppers, even though they didn't own the land. Grueling hard work was part of her grandmother's every day existence and in spite of the poverty and difficult life, her grandmother still found joy in life and family. She describes her Aunt Ruth as "the best worker in Owsley County", devoting herself to her mother and father and the farm when her siblings left to get married. Her mother, Wilma, the first in the family to graduate from college, is the role model who encouraged Cassie to get an education. It is the things she learned from them, the values they instilled in her to which she attributes her life choices and the wherewithal to to achieve what she has.
This is more than a tribute to these amazing women of the hills, though. It's an expose of the injustices in many ways that these hill communities endure because of the lack of health care, the lack of outside help that leaves these people without services available to other parts of the country. After living a more "privileged life" as she lives in cities where she goes to college and law school, she wants to give back. Cassie returns after getting her law degree from Harvard to provide legal aid mostly to women. Women who have endured spousal abuse, custody battles, divorce, or are struggling to get social services so they could feed their children are among her clients. She shares some of these heartbreaking stories and it's eye opening. While it's somewhat repetitive and moved around in time a bit, it's filled with heart and love and a deep respect she has for her family and other hill women .
I received an advanced copy of this book from Ballantine through NetGalley. ...more
Feb 07, 2020 Diane S ☔ rated it really liked it
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A counterpoint to the book Hillbilly Elegy, which tended to show the worst of the Appalachian people.
This book shows the best, shows their strong sense of family, their hard work and the hardships they face daily. Owsley County, KY is one of the poorest counties in the nation, but despite that these proud people soldier on, without public aid.
Women and their strength, women who encourage their children to get a higher education, knowing that is their ticket out of the poverty that encompasses A counterpoint to the book Hillbilly Elegy, which tended to show the worst of the Appalachian people.
Women and their strength, women who encourage their children to get a higher education, knowing that is their ticket out of the poverty that encompasses so many. The author parents, even after her birth, did finish college, and the author would get more than one degree. Still, she has find memories of her time, when younger, spending time there, working with her aunt. It is a place and family that she cherishes.
An ode to strong women, women that pass on their morals, sense of family and strength of character.
ARC from librarything. ...more
Dec 15, 2019 Karen rated it really liked it · review of another edition
I really enjoyed this book...it is about hill women from the hollers of Kentucky, and my mom comes from the hollers of West Virginia.
The author, Cassie Chambers, was able to rise out of poverty to become a lawyer with two Ivy League Degrees, and became an advocate for the poor in Kentucky.
Cassie came from a long line of hard working folks who were very poor and none had gone far at all in school, they had to work the fields of the tobacco farm they lived on. Her mother was the only child of her I really enjoyed this book...it is about hill women from the hollers of Kentucky, and my mom comes from the hollers of West Virginia.
Cassie came from a long line of hard working folks who were very poor and none had gone far at all in school, they had to work the fields of the tobacco farm they lived on. Her mother was the only child of her grandparents to graduate high school and attend college, making life better for herself.
Casie addresses the problems of living in these areas.. why people find it so hard to rise up out of poverty.
I was reminded so much of my mom's years in the hills and her relatives there when reading the parts of her book when she talks about her Granny and Papaw and Aunt Ruth, and what living in the holler was like. I just loved those parts of the book!
Thank you to Netgalley and Random House-Ballantine ...more
Jan 05, 2020 Cheri rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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"This holler feels like home, and this house feels like family. There are women's stories here, stories of resilience, love, and strength. This community knows them well, but their echo hasn't reached far enough into the outside world. Instead, these tales have ricocheted within the mountains, growing more faint with time. I want to tell these stories because they matter, because I'm afraid that they will be forgotten, because they have the power to make this community vis !! NOW AVAILABLE !!
"This holler feels like home, and this house feels like family. There are women's stories here, stories of resilience, love, and strength. This community knows them well, but their echo hasn't reached far enough into the outside world. Instead, these tales have ricocheted within the mountains, growing more faint with time. I want to tell these stories because they matter, because I'm afraid that they will be forgotten, because they have the power to make this community visible. As I stop my vehicle and walk toward the house, the memories wash over me like the sunlight on the mountain hills."
Chambers returned to Owsley County, Kentucky – one of the poorest counties in the state as well as the U.S. - after being one of the few young women raised there who pursued an education after high school, her mother before her setting the example and encouraging her to pursue her dreams of experiencing life beyond these hills.
"I don't have enough ways to honor them, these women of the Appalachian hills. Women who built a support system for me and for others. The best way I know is to tell their stories."
A memoir of growing up in poverty, of the women who inspired her to reach for her dreams, to believe in her self-worth enough to graduate from Yale and Harvard Law, and has helped others along the way. She also includes her personal struggles to accept how each place had become a part of her, giving her unique perspectives that benefitted the people she has helped, perhaps more importantly these women struggling against the laws established in this very patriarchal culture that includes additional deterrents for women in particular: domestic violence and poverty, along with laws that have failed not only to protect them, but has penalized those seeking protection.
My father grew up in the hollers of West Virginia, and was lucky enough to recognize his desire to become a pilot at a very young age, and luckier still that his dream not only came true, but that he made a difference in airline safety, his passion. I've visited the small town where he grew up, met some of the people who were his friends, and been charmed and moved by the honest generosity of those I met, but it is still easy to see the depth of poverty that exists there, and the limitations it can present.
A nicely balanced glimpse at the lives of these Hill Women that offers insight into the struggles and problems unique to these communities while recognizing and appreciating the positive sides of their sense of community, as well. An inspiring read.
Pub Date: 07 JAN 2020
Many thanks for the ARC provided by Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine / Ballantine Books through NetGalley ...more
Jan 04, 2020 Lisa rated it really liked it
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HILL WOMEN was a delightful read that was both enlightening and entertaining. The writing was both passionate and immersing. It's a well-delivered portrait of the culture of the poorest county in the country as well as how one can emerge from it. Cassie skillfully transports us to the hills of Kentucky and gives us a beautifully descriptive vision of the women that live there.
I appreciated her honesty in her writing about her feelings of the family she had left behind and of not fitting in at
I appreciated her honesty in her writing about her feelings of the family she had left behind and of not fitting in at Yale and Harvard. I found the discussion of the divergent paths between she and her cousin intriguing I loved how, after many years of being away, she felt the desire to go back to Kentucky to help those in need. Most of all, I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Cassie, her mother, Wilma, her Aunt Ruth and her Granny. These feisty hill women have already begun a charge for change in the hills of Kentucky.
CASSIE CHAMBERS graduated from Yale College, the Yale School of Public Health, the London School of Economics, and Harvard Law School, where she was president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. Chambers then received a Skadden Fellowship to return to Kentucky to do legal work with domestic violence survivors in rural communities. In 2018, she helped pass Jeanette's Law, which eliminated the requirement that domestic violence survivors pay an incarcerated spouse's legal fees in order to get a divorce. She lives in Louisville with her husband, Bryan and their son.
Thanks to Netgalley for an advance reading copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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Dec 20, 2019 Tami rated it it was ok
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The more I read this book, the more I was reminded of JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy. This is pretty much the female version of his story. Like Vance, Cassie Chambers made it out of her rural hometown and ended up at Yale, earning a law degree.
It's admirable that Cassie wanted to better herself enough to do the work required to enjoy a better life. It's also admirable that she has gone back to her home state to help make life better for others. But when it came to some of her own family members, sh The more I read this book, the more I was reminded of JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy. This is pretty much the female version of his story. Like Vance, Cassie Chambers made it out of her rural hometown and ended up at Yale, earning a law degree.
It's admirable that Cassie wanted to better herself enough to do the work required to enjoy a better life. It's also admirable that she has gone back to her home state to help make life better for others. But when it came to some of her own family members, she accepted their lack of ambition, made excuses for them and failed to encourage them to get an education.
I did expect more from this book. Once I got about halfway through, I felt like I had learned all she had to tell and I was right. I wish I had not wasted my time finishing the second half. It's not a bad book, but I just felt like she had nothing new to say.
Thank you, NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group-Ballantine for allowing me to read an advance copy and give my honest review. ...more
Dec 02, 2019 Kyra Leseberg (Roots & Reads) rated it liked it · review of another edition
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Owsley County is one of the poorest counties not only in the state of Kentucky but also the United States.
Cassie Chambers spent a lot of her childhood in Owsley with family while her mom finished college and returned throughout her life seeking connection with her roots.
Chambers shares family history to allow readers to understand where she began: her granny was a child bride who raised seven children isolated in a holler of Kentucky and most of her children gave up on education before 3.5 stars
Chambers shares family history to allow readers to understand where she began: her granny was a child bride who raised seven children isolated in a holler of Kentucky and most of her children gave up on education before high school. Her two daughters took very different paths: Ruth became the hardest working tobacco farmer in Owsley while Wilma became the first to graduate from high school and then moved an hour away to attend college.
Wilma married at nineteen and then had Cassie soon after, taking time off from college to focus on Cassie. Against the odds, Wilma returned and completed her degree when Cassie was little.
Wilma's determination opened a world to Cassie that would've otherwise been impossible. Cassie understood the importance of education and held on to the values learned from the hardworking women of Appalachia, leading her to the Ivy League where she graduated from Harvard Law.
Her roots led her back to Kentucky where she practices law and provides free legal services to rural Kentucky women.
Weaving together the past with her own story, Chambers provides a compelling look at the world opened up to her and how her family shaped her goals and values.
Hill Women focuses on the strong women of Appalachia and the family history is the shining star of this book. The discussion of poverty is matter of fact and fairly balanced, acknowledging the different mindsets on government assistance and reflecting on changes over time.
Its weakness lies in the fact that politics are left out of the history but appears at the very end to discuss Trump's influence on Appalachia. I realize Chambers recently became involved in politics so its fair this would be discussed but I expected she would cover some of the government influence on Appalachia during her Granny and mother's generations also.
A strong beginning and middle with a slightly weakened ending, I enjoyed Chambers' observations on Appalachia and tribute to strong hill women.
"I still struggle with how to balance many delicate and competing concerns: talking about the problems Appalachia faces while highlighting its strengths; recognizing the importance of tradition while still supporting innovative change; encouraging community-driven solutions along with bringing outside resources to the region. I wish I had some more solid conclusions to share, but, in the end, it's the complexities of Appalachia and the people who live here that needs sharing most." *
I recommend Hill Women to readers who enjoy autobiography/memoir and an Appalachian setting.
Thanks to Ballantine Books and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review. Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains is scheduled for release on January 7, 2020.
*Quotes included are from a digital advanced reader's copy and are subject to change upon final publication.
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Dec 10, 2019 Susan rated it liked it · review of another edition
A publicist wrote, suggesting that since I'd enjoyed the book "Educated," I'd probably also like "Hill Women" which releases in January. I took her word and read it.
Hill Women is the memoir of Cassie Chambers. Cassie grew up in the hills of eastern Kentucky, which must be a pretty rough place. I could relate to some of what she wrote about: I, too, had a "Mamaw" and "Papaw." I heard plenty of "ain't" and country music. Although I grew up in southern Indiana, it wasn't all that far from Kentucky, A publicist wrote, suggesting that since I'd enjoyed the book "Educated," I'd probably also like "Hill Women" which releases in January. I took her word and read it.
Hill Women is the memoir of Cassie Chambers. Cassie grew up in the hills of eastern Kentucky, which must be a pretty rough place. I could relate to some of what she wrote about: I, too, had a "Mamaw" and "Papaw." I heard plenty of "ain't" and country music. Although I grew up in southern Indiana, it wasn't all that far from Kentucky, and "Kentuckian jokes" were regular fare in my childhood. Like Cassie, my high school mascot was an owl (hers because she grew up in Owsley County, mine — I'm not sure why).
I enjoyed the first part of the book, where Cassie discusses her upbringing. Her mom, aunt, and grandma teach her what she says mountain women learn: the value of work, and that hard work pays off. "My mother built her life around teaching me," Cassie writes, and due to that she succeeds. She goes to a fancy high school out-of-state, and ends up at Yale.
Along the way, and especially once she leaves the community, Cassie begins to question her upbringing and her childhood home town. She looks at her parents' and grandparents' lives and isn't very happy with them. "I'm not sure I'll ever be able to satisfactorily square the gentleness, kindness, and love I saw between them with what I believe to be right and just." This is where I feel her troubles begin — her mom and grandma seem happy with their lives, but Cassie isn't. Cassie feels out of place in her Ivy League School. She is embarrassed when she takes her mom to New York City and her mom wears a fanny pack.
After becoming a lawyer, Cassie returns to her hometown to represent poor people, often women who are in bad situations and can't afford legal representation. This is admirable. But when Cassie later gets married, she marries in Louisville (to the former Louisville mayor's lawyer son). None of her relatives attend: "Louisville might as well be Beijing as far as they're concerned … They don't have cellphones; I don't know that they have ever seen a parking garage. They don't know how to get around in a city the size of Louisville, let alone how to use a GPS to guide them." I was really surprised, given her closeness to her relatives, that she didn't get married at a place they could attend.
Then, the final section of the book goes into her shock and distress over Donald Trump's election. I shouldn't be surprised I guess; once I started the book I found out that Cassie is vice-chair of the Kentucky Democrat Party. She struggles in this part of the book in my opinion, as she tries to square her admiration of her Kentucky relatives and their hard work with the fact that many of them support Trump. She talks with relatives until she finds some who tell her that their support for Trump is waning, and this leads her to feel hopeful: "Maybe our politics aren't as divided as we think." Ummm … because people come over to your way of thinking? Not sure it works that way.
I feel this book would have been better as a childhood memoir. Once the author got political, I feel she alienated a large portion of her readers. Had I known that the book would get into her liberal politics, I would not have read it. ...more
Jan 04, 2020 Donna Davis rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
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Cassie Chambers was born and raised in Owsley County, Kentucky, the poorest county in the United States. With the determination handed down to her by her mother and grandmother, she attended Ivy League schools and became a practicing attorney. This memoir is her story as well as a defense of the women from her homeland, a manifesto opposing stereotypes and misconceptions. I read it free and early thanks to Net Galley and Random House Ballantine. It will be available to the public January 7, 2020 Cassie Chambers was born and raised in Owsley County, Kentucky, the poorest county in the United States. With the determination handed down to her by her mother and grandmother, she attended Ivy League schools and became a practicing attorney. This memoir is her story as well as a defense of the women from her homeland, a manifesto opposing stereotypes and misconceptions. I read it free and early thanks to Net Galley and Random House Ballantine. It will be available to the public January 7, 2020.
Eastern Kentucky is in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, and its residents are stereotypically called hillbillies by outsiders. As a scholar whose childhood was rooted there, Chambers is in a unique position to share the culture's nuances and strengths. She was raised by parents that had to save up to buy her a set of Old Maid cards from Walmart; going out to dinner, which happened Sundays, meant a single Happy Meal at McDonald's shared three ways. But her mother's determination to graduate from college drove home the value of an education, and when Cassie had the opportunity to spend the last two years of high school at a boarding school for high achieving students, she leapt and her family supported her.
Chambers' narrative is intimate and deeply absorbing. She weaves her own story into the larger story of Appalachian women: their culture, their history, their strengths and the challenges they face. She discusses the difficulty of receiving public services in an area that is spread out among hills and hollers, devoid of transit and low on personal transportation, and that has no government buildings to speak of; she also describes the pride that sometimes prevents its residents from accepting help for which they are qualified. She has a bottomless well of riveting anecdotes that illustrate the sense of community and willingness to lend assistance to neighbors in need even when those offering help have nothing extra to give; the Justice system often fails those that need protection from domestic abuse, as well as those addicted to drugs and alcohol. And she discusses remedies, including Jeanette's Law, which reverses Kentucky's absurd legal requirement that victims of domestic abuse must provide the spouses that they are divorcing with an attorney at their own expense. This was one of Chambers' most important projects. Another is having expungement fees waived for low income residents, an especially urgent matter since in Kentucky, felons aren't allowed to vote. Democracy is sidelined when class and race become obstacles to participation in civic life.
But the most memorable tidbits are the more personal stories, for example that of her Aunt Ruth, who married late in life. Before they were wed, Aunt Ruth had a conversation with Sonny, her husband-to-be, in which she explained to him carefully that if he ever hit her, she would be forced to kill him, in his sleep if necessary, using a large claw hammer, and so if this was likely to be a problem then the wedding should be canceled. (It wasn't.)
The best memoirs combine a social issue or political problem with a personal story told by a top-drawer storyteller, and Hill Women succeeds richly in both regards. I recommend this book to women everywhere, and to those that love them. ...more
Jan 28, 2020 Denise Wilbanks | This Is My Everybody rated it it was amazing
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Past. Present. Future… Those three things can seem like three completely different worlds in your life, can't they? And maintaining a connection between those three -- as much as you love and honor every single one of them -- It can be elusive at times. Especially as you're moving forward in your life and you want to achieve dreams that you have.
And even more… Especially if those dreams take you very, very far away from home.
"Hill Women" by Cassie Chambers is a wonderful book written by an App Past. Present. Future… Those three things can seem like three completely different worlds in your life, can't they? And maintaining a connection between those three -- as much as you love and honor every single one of them -- It can be elusive at times. Especially as you're moving forward in your life and you want to achieve dreams that you have.
"Hill Women" by Cassie Chambers is a wonderful book written by an Appalachian lawyer who earned two Ivy league degrees. And then, chose to return to her Eastern Kentucky home to set up shop.
Inspired by these strong hill women who raised her, she pays tribute to these women's stories and discovers a renewed connection to her own past... Also exemplifies a refreshingly new understanding of how to deal with today's divisive national politics... And completely breaks down the myth of what you might think the Appalachian culture is -- illuminating a very creative, very active community leadership often spearheaded by the women.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
I must tell you that when I first looked at this book, I did not think I was going to like it. But I had committed to reading it. So I was determined to move forward… and I was really glad I did.
When I got into this book and started reading — my opinion really changed quite quickly to: I really like this book! Even more, I was actually really loving this book!
So why was it that my first impression was that I didn't think I was going to like this book? I really gave that some thought. And, I realized that I definitely had some predetermined opinions about what I thought the Appalachian community is.
But, what this book did to me very quickly is... This book took me — and my predetermined opinions — out to the woodshed and gave me a good ol' Appalachian whoopin'! Because I absolutely loved this book!
And let me tell you why...
WRITING STYLE:
Hill Women by Cassie Chambers is written with a really pure, simple nuance, which is not an easy thing to do. To walk that microscopic line of skillful simplicity without the structure of the book becoming too amateurish -- and the structure of the book just falling all to pieces.
So, brava to Cassie Chambers!
Why is that important? Because that beautiful simple tone — it literally speaks perfectly to your heart. It builds a connection.
To bridge any chasm of disconnection, it can be quite effective to speak to each other in pure, simple language. Without any kind of pretension on top of that.
Why? Because it inspires trust. To speak purely. To speak authentically. To speak simply — is incredibly exposing. And that, my friends, really takes courage. It's courageous. It's authentic.
That courage to be authentic — It encourages you to drop your guard. It encourages you to stop defending your point of reference just for the sake of defending your point of reference. To really give yourself the opportunity to take in the experience that you're having.
Well, this writing style starts to work on you like a snake charmer! Where your own memories are drawn out as you follow the journey of the author. Although your experience may be far removed from the Appalachian mountains, you find yourself living the story through your own experience. Creating a common bond between your story and this community's story.
Countless times as I was reading this book, my own personal memories would come up… just like a snake being lured up out of the basket by a snake charmer. Memories that I had not thought of in years. And what was even more amazing is that now I was embracing these memories from this new lens of understanding.
Isn't that what reading is all about?!
Finding that amazing book where the author does not say — "This is what you should think about this. Period."
But actually just gives you this peek inside this window. Lets you watch the story unfold. And gives you room to actually discover something for yourself. From your own experience that you can relate to. Where the author actually trusts you to think for yourself…. Gadzooks! That's an idea!
LASTING IMPRESSIONS:
When I first picked up this book, I admittedly had a predetermined opinion of whether I would even relate to this story. But what I found was…
• An absolute roadmap to help me connect my own experience of tradition while following my dreams in my life that actually do take me very far away from home.
• Some simple and really effective tools in creating connection in discussing and understanding different viewpoints.
• An assurance to be okay with just simply not having all the answers yet. Or perhaps never!
• And finally… The commitment to always honor those who came before me, who live within me and who will be influenced by me.
Past. Present. Future…
Hill Women by Cassie Chambers. Pick it up. You're going to love it.
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May 15, 2020 Jess rated it did not like it · review of another edition
*Audiobook Review* Yay, another liberal who thinks visiting granny in Appalachia a few times as a kid means they can exploit the region for publicity. This is like a mixture of Educated and Hillbilly Elegy but with a way more boring family. The first half is about said boring family, and it was just okay. I was eager to listen to the second half, to hear how Cassie moves to Appalachia, starts a business, and employs locals to help turn the communities around! Sadly, what I got was Cassie, after *Audiobook Review* Yay, another liberal who thinks visiting granny in Appalachia a few times as a kid means they can exploit the region for publicity. This is like a mixture of Educated and Hillbilly Elegy but with a way more boring family. The first half is about said boring family, and it was just okay. I was eager to listen to the second half, to hear how Cassie moves to Appalachia, starts a business, and employs locals to help turn the communities around! Sadly, what I got was Cassie, after touting expensive college degrees as the only forward, moving to a major city in Kentucky, far from Appalachia, and becoming another worthless politician. My personal favorite bit of the book, outside the "Orange Man bLuRMpF is so bad!" references, is when she insinuates the opioid crisis is because there's not enough skating rinks and other entertainment in the area. Such wisdom! Lastly, can people stop with the cartoonish characterizations of Appalachians and Appalachian culture ? I spent a good amount of time in the city right next to the one in this book. I didn't think a thing of the place. It's very unremarkable- a normal area with normal people. But that wouldn't make a good story to appeal to the savior complex of big city elites. We get another silly, outdated picture of life in Appalachia. This book attempts to differentiate itself by peppering the narrative with trendy feminist talking points. "Some women did this, some women did that, women, women, Brett Kavanaugh is guilty, buy this book because woooomaaann!!!" ...more
Dec 08, 2019 Teresa rated it it was ok · review of another edition
Unfortunately, this is not a good review for this book. From the description of the story I was looking forward to hearing of the trials, tribulations, aspirations and accomplishments of the author as she overcomes her childhood. But that is not exactly what this is about, yes, we do learn of her family challenges, their life in poverty, and her grandmother's dream of sending her mother to college, but I almost felt it was her parents story we should have been reading about, her mother and fathe Unfortunately, this is not a good review for this book. From the description of the story I was looking forward to hearing of the trials, tribulations, aspirations and accomplishments of the author as she overcomes her childhood. But that is not exactly what this is about, yes, we do learn of her family challenges, their life in poverty, and her grandmother's dream of sending her mother to college, but I almost felt it was her parents story we should have been reading about, her mother and father worked so hard to get an education and they overcame more obstacles than Cassie did. The author learned how to use wise counselors and her hard-earned grade point average to aspire to an ivy league school, she smartly used the college free system and earned scholarships. Yes, she worked hard, but she didn't live dirt poor due to her mother and father's aspirations of providing a good home and life for her.
Then about 50% into the book, when she has survived the hardships of college, overcame her feelings of inadequacy and began a career back in Kentucky, the story went downhill. I had not expected to read about the failing legal system nor the inadequacies of Kentucky law and especially didn't expect to learn about the Democratic aspirations of the author.
I started skimming the pages about 60% in and once it started on the political side of things, I quit. I choose to not read books about politics, I get enough of that just watching TV or on the internet. I choose to read books for pleasure, unfortunately this book crossed that line. I wish the description would have alluded to the full "rest of the story".
I appreciate the opportunity from Random House Publishing Group through NetGalley to allow me to read an ARC. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. This one gets 2**'s. ...more
Jun 04, 2020 ♥ Sandi ❣	rated it really liked it
Shelves: historical-history, 300-pages-or-less, arc-giveaway, 1-have, netgalley-digital, bio-auto-memior, to-50-state-list, non-fiction, z-closed-2020-5000-books
This is actually the type of non-fiction book that I don't usually enjoy. There is little to no conversation and everything is written in first person. I usually find that type book very boring and most often do not finish them.
I thoroughly enjoyed this trip with Cassie Chambers. She takes us from her childhood in the 'hollers' of Kentucky, up through her very formal education and life as a lawyer, on to her wedding and finally to her life in politics. Even without much conv 3.75 stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this trip with Cassie Chambers. She takes us from her childhood in the 'hollers' of Kentucky, up through her very formal education and life as a lawyer, on to her wedding and finally to her life in politics. Even without much conversation in this book, Cassie presented her life in an easily understood format, detailing her worries, her concerns, and her strengths.
It was easy to see that the women in her family were the depth of her strength. You learn about her Granny, her Aunt Ruth. her mother, Wilma and a few other relatives, like her cousin Melissa. Through each you encounter the similarities and the difference between them and Cassie. As you also begin to understand the differences that Cassie herself is going through. Her uncertainly of whether she still fits in to her 'down home hillbilly' roots, or whether she has progressed to the 'privileged upper class elite' that her education has provided for her.
This book is a window on to the world of one of the poorest counties in the US. It is filled with current events, the opioid crisis, fracking the mountains, domestic violence, and the recent shift in political views. A book well worth the read. ...more
Jan 03, 2020 Karen R rated it really liked it
Cassie Chambers has led a rich and joyful life despite living in extreme poverty. Filling her days laboring in the tobacco fields, living in a particleboard farmhouse, yet she never felt deprived.
Cassie comes from a line of strong, independent and caring Appalachian mountain women who worked hard, took care of one another, their family and their neighbors. It is clear that Cassie is extremely appreciative of her inspirational 'teachers' and the values they taught such as the importance of educa Cassie Chambers has led a rich and joyful life despite living in extreme poverty. Filling her days laboring in the tobacco fields, living in a particleboard farmhouse, yet she never felt deprived.
Cassie comes from a line of strong, independent and caring Appalachian mountain women who worked hard, took care of one another, their family and their neighbors. It is clear that Cassie is extremely appreciative of her inspirational 'teachers' and the values they taught such as the importance of education and generosity, building their lives around their children. An illuminating memoir incorporating moving generational family stories.I received an advanced copy of this book from Random House-Ballantine through NetGalley. ...more
Jan 09, 2020 Tasha rated it liked it
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Not bad, just nothing all that exciting. I did enjoy learning more about what it was like growing up in the mountains of Kentucky, a very different life to mine so I always appreciate learning about how life is for others. Hearing about the justice system from the eyes and experiences of those from the area was generally interesting as well. In the later half of the book the author uses this platform to share her political beliefs which, unless I deliberately choose a book on politics, I'm not a Not bad, just nothing all that exciting. I did enjoy learning more about what it was like growing up in the mountains of Kentucky, a very different life to mine so I always appreciate learning about how life is for others. Hearing about the justice system from the eyes and experiences of those from the area was generally interesting as well. In the later half of the book the author uses this platform to share her political beliefs which, unless I deliberately choose a book on politics, I'm not all that fond of reading.
Thank you to Netgalley and Random House, Ballatine for an advanced digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. ...more
Sep 28, 2019 Erin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: memoir-bio, all-time-faves, 2019, netgalley
Hill Women is a book chronicling the life of a young girl in Appalachia as she grows up. It tells her story and that of her family and friends, specifically the other strong women in her life
The description for this book appealed to me immediately, as I spent time many years ago in high school doing volunteer work repairing and rebuilding homes in the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky and West Virginia. It was a life changing experience and left me in love with and in awe of the people in the r Hill Women is a book chronicling the life of a young girl in Appalachia as she grows up. It tells her story and that of her family and friends, specifically the other strong women in her life
The description for this book appealed to me immediately, as I spent time many years ago in high school doing volunteer work repairing and rebuilding homes in the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky and West Virginia. It was a life changing experience and left me in love with and in awe of the people in the region, so I knew this book would be right up my alley.
While interesting, I found the very beginning of the book a bit hard to follow, as the timeline jumped around a bit, but once I got into this book, I absolutely could not put it down. The author did a fantastic job of describing the poverty and culture of the area in which she grew up, and the many problems they face, as well as the spirit of the people who live there.
This is a story of perseverance, family connections, bravery, and the drive to better yourself and make a difference in your area.
I highly recommend this book. The description is apt- it's perfect for anyone who likes memoirs, and specifically, if you liked Hillbilly Elegy or Educated, you will definitely love this one.
Many thanks to Cassie Chambers, Ballantine Books, and NetGalley for the advanced digital copy of this book, in exchange for my honest review. ...more
May 18, 2020 Mickey Knipp rated it did not like it
I thought this was going to be a book about life in the Appalachian Mountains and their way of life and what i got was a Democrat propaganda book on how every one who doesn't live in there should send money there and built some type of industry there. The author was ashamed of her family while she was growing up so she went to college and came back to help the poor a great calling. She also mentions she voted for Hillary Clinton because she was a woman not because she agreed with one policy MRS I thought this was going to be a book about life in the Appalachian Mountains and their way of life and what i got was a Democrat propaganda book on how every one who doesn't live in there should send money there and built some type of industry there. The author was ashamed of her family while she was growing up so she went to college and came back to help the poor a great calling. She also mentions she voted for Hillary Clinton because she was a woman not because she agreed with one policy MRS Clinton held but because she was a woman.
I wouldn't read this unless you looking for a book on how republicans are evil and democrats are going to save the world. I typically read to escape politics unless i read books that are honest up front that they are political .
Nov 08, 2019 Mama Cass rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Powerful, thought provoking and well written. I loved this memoir, love the strength of it all. A def must read. So glad Booklist sent it to me to review.
Dec 27, 2019 Susan rated it it was amazing
Hill Women is a part biography, part autobiography, and part sociological look at the lives of a family and extended family in the deep hills of Kentucky Appalachia. It is eye-opening and fascinating, and the way the author weaves this all together is quite magical.
Cassie Chambers spent a lot of her youth with her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins in the hills of Owsley County, among coal miners and tobacco farmers. Poverty was common, as was lack of much formal education. Cassie's mothe Hill Women is a part biography, part autobiography, and part sociological look at the lives of a family and extended family in the deep hills of Kentucky Appalachia. It is eye-opening and fascinating, and the way the author weaves this all together is quite magical.
Cassie Chambers spent a lot of her youth with her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins in the hills of Owsley County, among coal miners and tobacco farmers. Poverty was common, as was lack of much formal education. Cassie's mother, Wilma, escaped this cycle and became the first woman in the family to graduate from college, from Berea College, and it's in Berea that Cassie lived when she wasn't with Granny and Papaw. Her parents instilled in her the thirst for knowledge, and through luck, determination, and grit, Cassie graduated from Yale and Harvard Law School. The stark, soul-searching insights of Ms. Chambers into her own perfectionism, of not quite fitting in in the elite, privileged world of the Ivy League, and her conflicts between being one of "them" or someone educated but always attached to her roots, make her story all the more powerful.
After she became a lawyer, she was drawn back to the rolling hills of Kentucky, and eventually found a job with Legal Aid, working with women much like her own family.
It's hard to describe the truly magical nature of this book. Writing a memoir is hard enough, but adding the socio-political details in the form of data and statistics, not just anecdotes, makes this more than a memoir. And the stories of her family when she was a child are a virtual biography of her relatives. While at times the transition between themes felt a bit awkward, overall this is a wonderful, happy/sad/hardship/gritty story of several generations, with most of the generations staying where they were born.
I received this book as an ARC from the publisher and NetGalley ...more
Oct 25, 2019 Jill Dobbe rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
A fascinating read about growing up in the Appalachian hills where hard work, family and extreme poverty are the way of life. The author leaves her family and friends to pursue an education only to be drawn back to what she knows and carries in her heart. Hill Women takes readers into a part of the U.S. where the lives and culture is somewhat unknown and misunderstood.
Cassie Chambers found a way to pursue her dreams of education outside Kentucky. She attended Yale and Harvard and for awhile, liv A fascinating read about growing up in the Appalachian hills where hard work, family and extreme poverty are the way of life. The author leaves her family and friends to pursue an education only to be drawn back to what she knows and carries in her heart. Hill Women takes readers into a part of the U.S. where the lives and culture is somewhat unknown and misunderstood.
Cassie Chambers found a way to pursue her dreams of education outside Kentucky. She attended Yale and Harvard and for awhile, lived a life very different from the one she left. However, with her degrees and law experience in hand, she returned to the mountains to do what she could to help better the lives of the low-income women who lived there. Throughout the book Chambers writes about the women she counsels and fights for in court. She also describes the three strong women in her own life and how much they influenced her--Aunt Ruth, her Granny and her mother.
Hill Women is an inspirational memoir about family values, perseverance, and hope, reminding readers of what is possible in life.
Thank you to the author, Ballantine Books and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this ARC. ...more
Jan 17, 2020 Kayleen rated it it was ok
Shelves: giveaways, biography, advance-readers-edition
I won the book Hill Women by Cassie Chambers in a giveaway from Random House.
The book was ok. I was not overly impressed. The first part of the book was pretty good when the author spoke of her family and the things she learned from them. But I felt that the last half of the book went downhill and was flat. The facts about Kentucky were interesting but her political career was not. I wanted to like the book more than just ok but the second half of the book just did not work for me.
Nov 15, 2019 Snooty1 rated it it was amazing
What an absolutely eye-opening memoir. Reading allows you to be privy to the lives of many different people and to learn about the lives of Hill Women was exciting and honestly a point a view I had never thought about.
Which is why I am so happy that Cassie Chambers represented herself and family with all the flaws and beauty of any normal family. It was a true pleasure to read.
Dec 18, 2019 Jen rated it really liked it
This was a fascinating memoir! I was completely caught up in her story and her stories of the women in this part of the country. Hill Women is thought provoking, moving, and powerful. A tale of survival, strength, and community. I loved it! Thank you to the publisher for the review copy in exchange for my honest review!
Feb 02, 2020 Colleen rated it really liked it
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Cassie Chambers grew up in Owsley County in Kentucky, one of the poorest counties in state (and country). Even though she eventually managed to attend Yale and Harvard, she is one of the very few residents (and even fewer females) to leave the Appalachians and attend college. As a lawyer, she has returned "home" and devotes her time to providing legal aid to mostly female clients who have endured abuse, divorce, and/or custody battles... and often can barely afford to feed their families, never Cassie Chambers grew up in Owsley County in Kentucky, one of the poorest counties in state (and country). Even though she eventually managed to attend Yale and Harvard, she is one of the very few residents (and even fewer females) to leave the Appalachians and attend college. As a lawyer, she has returned "home" and devotes her time to providing legal aid to mostly female clients who have endured abuse, divorce, and/or custody battles... and often can barely afford to feed their families, never mind pay even basic court costs.
The book is a tribute to the strong Appalachian women who were role models in her life, particularly her grandmother, her aunt Ruth, and her mother (who was the first family member to graduate from college). Without the strength and support of these women, it is unlikely that Cassie would have accomplished what she has. Cassie describes what life in places like Cow Creek is really like, how the economy has suffered in recent years, the lack of social services to the area and the hardships these determined, strong people must endure in order to eke out an existence. She stresses the pride they feel for their families and their communities, despite the prejudice that they face from outsiders who think they're nothing but a bunch of lazy "hillbillies". She explains why there's no easy answer to questions such as "Why don't they just leave and find a job in the city?"
This is a bit like the book "Hillbilly Elegy", but from a female perspective. She veers a little off course occasionally, but overall this is a heartfelt tribute to a community of strong, misunderstood women who are often neglected and ignored by larger society.
Nov 19, 2020 Susan Bazzett-Griffith rated it it was amazing
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I loved this memoir about a woman with deep family roots in Appalachia. Cassie Chambers focuses on the grit and determination of the Hill Women or Mountain Women who raised her, and how their example of hard work and heart allowed her to dream bigger and utilize education as a way to find a financial security all but impossible for those in small hollers in Appalachia. Chambers writing is lovely, and the portraits of her mother, grandmother and beloved Aunt are beautifully rendered. The last few I loved this memoir about a woman with deep family roots in Appalachia. Cassie Chambers focuses on the grit and determination of the Hill Women or Mountain Women who raised her, and how their example of hard work and heart allowed her to dream bigger and utilize education as a way to find a financial security all but impossible for those in small hollers in Appalachia. Chambers writing is lovely, and the portraits of her mother, grandmother and beloved Aunt are beautifully rendered. The last few chapters which touch on modern day politics in Kentucky offer some hope and some keen insights on how and why these voters matter. Ultimately, this memoir was simply a solid read that I enjoyed all the way through- 4.5 stars rounded up. ...more
Feb 25, 2020 Tonstant Weader rated it liked it
Hill Women is very much Cassie Chambers memoir of her life, her family and the women of Owsley County, the poorest country in Kentucky, the second poorest in the United States. It is exactly the sort of place J. D. Vance was writing about when he wrote Hillbilly Elegy, poor, with the Appalachian culture and history. That's where the similarity ends.
First, Chambers centers the women of Owsley County, primarily the women in her family. More importantly, Chambers grew up in Kentucky and lives there Hill Women is very much Cassie Chambers memoir of her life, her family and the women of Owsley County, the poorest country in Kentucky, the second poorest in the United States. It is exactly the sort of place J. D. Vance was writing about when he wrote Hillbilly Elegy, poor, with the Appalachian culture and history. That's where the similarity ends.
First, Chambers centers the women of Owsley County, primarily the women in her family. More importantly, Chambers grew up in Kentucky and lives there to this day. She didn't just visit during summer vacation and look back from an ivory tower. She grew up in Berea, a college town, so she didn't actually live in Owsley County, but she was frequently there to visit her aunt and grandmother. She is proud of her people and the strength and fortitude of the women. This is no story of escaping poverty by rejecting your roots. Her mother went to college, too, thanks in large part to her own mother's and aunt's hopes for her. She writes about their self-sufficiency, their endurance, and generosity. She writes about how families help other families, working together to eke out a living in a place America likes to mock.
She also writes about how some of the seemingly poor decisions are perhaps not really decisions at all. For example, she jogs everywhere, except when in Owsley County where the roads are too narrow and there is no cell service in case she runs into trouble. She eats healthy, but there she has never eaten a salad as the produce in the stores is limited. Then there is the environmental contamination, particularly of groundwater, contributing to poor health.
Her father was a professor and her mother finished college, so she came from a family that believed in education. She spent two years at a boarding school called United World College, then on to Wellesley, and then Yale and Harvard Law. Her education seems like a road from alienation to acculturation, from being an outsider to fitting in. She devotes a chapter to each school before returning home where she went to work in family law.
She describes many of the injustices of the law. Justice may be blind but it has a calculator and poor people are often deprived of access to the legal help they need and punished by the legal system just for being poor.
Hill Women works best as a memoir of Chambers' family. Not only are the women of her family indomitable and memorable, but you can also feel her love for them on every page. The stories of the women she helped as a lawyer will outrage readers, the injustice and how poverty can deprive people of justice. I will confess, though, that as much as I came to admire Chambers and her family, I occasionally lost interest in the story, particularly in her college years. I don't believe a memoir needs to reveal great truths or change my worldview, but the idea that the daughter of a college professor and Ph.D. managed to go to an Ivy League college and do well is not particularly shocking.
I received an e-galley of Hill Women from the publisher through NetGalley
Hill Women at Penguin Random House
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Why should a woman have to pay legal fees for a man who beat her? op-ed by Cassie Chambers
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Nov 27, 2019 Tracy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
This book was thought provoking, interesting and heart warming. You can tell that the author put her heart and soul into this love letter to her family and to Appalachia. As a person that was hoping our last election would have given us our first woman President, I've always had a hard time understanding how so many people in need of health care, better jobs and better living conditions could have voted for someone that really doesn't represent or understand them, or in actuality really care, bu This book was thought provoking, interesting and heart warming. You can tell that the author put her heart and soul into this love letter to her family and to Appalachia. As a person that was hoping our last election would have given us our first woman President, I've always had a hard time understanding how so many people in need of health care, better jobs and better living conditions could have voted for someone that really doesn't represent or understand them, or in actuality really care, but after reading this book I get it.
I hope that this book gets a big following and is put into the hands of many readers of all backgrounds, because these people, these women, need to be heard!
Read it everyone!
Sep 21, 2019 Joyce rated it it was amazing
A wonderful profile of strong,determined women.Cassie Chambers the author comes from a small town in the Appalachian mountains.This book blows open the typical poverty stricken story that is written about Appalachia.From being poor to Harvard...follow her on this remarkable journey.
Thankyou Netgalley and Random House Publishing for this ARC
Nov 17, 2019 Vonda rated it it was amazing
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I have read so many fictional books about Appalachian people and am completely enamored with them. This is such a beautifully written memoir of three generations of strong Appalachian women and their strength and will to survive. Very highly recommended!
Dec 28, 2019 Genna rated it really liked it
Shelves: memoir
I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
"For me, there is hope in the spirit of a people who find creative ways to exist in a community that has been systematically marginalized. In men and women who take care of each other even when the outside world does not take care of them. In people who broke their bodies in tobacco fields and coal mines to make a living in the only community they have ever known. We don't take time to see it: the hope in the poverty, the spar I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
"For me, there is hope in the spirit of a people who find creative ways to exist in a community that has been systematically marginalized. In men and women who take care of each other even when the outside world does not take care of them. In people who broke their bodies in tobacco fields and coal mines to make a living in the only community they have ever known. We don't take time to see it: the hope in the poverty, the spark against the dreary backdrop, the grit in the mountain women."
Hill Women speaks to the strength and resiliency of women and mothers in even the most oppressive of circumstances and the darkest depths of despair. As I've gotten older I've found myself more inclined to choose women's stories and stories written by women, making Chambers' memoir and tribute to women of her childhood holler a read I immediately gravitated towards. The experiences of the women in her family and their lives in one of the poorest counties in the United States is stark, powerful, and compelling. The thread of the story unraveled a bit for me as Chambers delved into her professional journey to become an Ivy League graduate and an attorney advocating for impoverished women in Appalachia, but she circles back in the final chapters, tying her personal development and hard-won triumphs to the sustained tenacity and perseverance of the long line of hill women she hails from. Hill Women touches on the opioid crisis, the deeply flawed justice system, the devastating effects of the decimation of the coal and tobacco industries, and rampant domestic violence, among other heavy hitting topics. The discussion of the rigid legal roadblocks and prohibitive court fees that prevent countless women from escaping their abusers and establishing agency and impoverished people from turning corners in their lives are particularly shocking and disheartening. Chambers provides nuance to these issues and their impact on a group of people largely misunderstood and blatantly misrepresented by American society at large. Her unique perspective on Appalachia and Owsley County, Kentucky offers an analysis that is respectful and understanding of her subject matter without overly romanticizing the challenges they face. Highly recommended.
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Hans Reinhold Ekström, född 29 april 1958 i Eskilstuna (Kloster), Södermanlands län, är en svensk politiker (socialdemokrat). Han är ordinarie riksdagsledamot sedan 2010, invald för Södermanlands läns valkrets. Ekström var ordförande i konstitutionsutskottet 2018–2019 och är vice ordförande i utskottet sedan 2019. Han har tidigare varit ordförande för Socialdemokraterna i Sörmland.

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Hans Ekström är uppväxt på Östermalm i Eskilstuna och gick ut från S:t Eskils gymnasium. Han studerade till ämneslärare i samhällsorienterande ämnen och arbetade i tio år fram till 1992 som högstadielärare på Årbyskolan. Under tonåren gick han med i SSU, där han först engagerade sig inom miljöfrågor, och 1983 även i den lokala socialdemokratiska partiföreningen. 1986 blev han invald i Eskilstunas kommunfullmäktige. År 1992 blev Ekström medlem av kommunstyrelsen och kommunalråd i Eskilstuna med ansvar för skola och barnomsorg. Efter Lars G Linders (S) avgång som ordförande för kommunstyrelsen 1994 tillträdde Ekström som ny kommunstyrelseordförande 1995, en post som han behöll fram till 2010. Som kommunstyrelseordförande i Eskilstuna efterträddes han av Jimmy Jansson (S).

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Ekström är riksdagsledamot sedan valet 2010. I riksdagen var han ledamot i konstitutionsutskottet 2010–2018, ordförande i utskottet 2018–2019 och är sedan 2019 utskottets vice ordförande. Ekström är ledamot i krigsdelegationen sedan 2018 och ledamot i Valprövningsnämnden sedan 2022 (tidigare även 2015–2019). Han är eller har varit suppleant i bland annat EU-nämnden och finansutskottet.

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My first Seder
On: April 12, 2009 April 12, 2009 By: Mark
Last Thursday, President Obama hosted a private Passover Seder in the White House. It was news because in the 232 years we have been a nation, no President had ever hosted a Seder before. Of course, we never had a Jewish president before so that might explain it. While the Seder was welcomed by America's Jewish community, they can be forgiven for wondering why it took so long. The most likely reason amounts to tacit Anti-Semitism. Supporting the state of Israel and all that is fine, but actually participating in some solemn Jewish customs in our most public of houses somehow seemed a bridge too far to its previous Christian chief executives.
President Obama hosts the first White House Seder
While Seder is a Jewish tradition at Passover, as I discovered you don't have to be Jewish to have a Seder and find meaning in the event. For some reason, I got through fifty-two years without having attended a Passover Seder. That changed last night when our friend Fox, who also happens to be Jewish, invited a small group of us mostly Gentiles to her brownstone apartment in Silver Spring, Maryland for a belated Passover Seder. It was probably significantly toned down from Passover Seders in most orthodox Jewish families, but it was a Seder nonetheless from dipping sprigs of parsley in a bowl of salt water to the washing of hands (twice), to the matza ball soup (quite delicious!) to the singing of Next Year in Jerusalem.
Passover Seder is something like a Jewish Thanksgiving. The Pilgrims gave thanks having made it to the New World and for their first harvest. The Jews celebrate their miraculous escape from Egyptian slavery as well as remember its horrors. Unlike Thanksgiving, which is primarily an occasion for overeating and maybe a little giving of thanks, Passover Seder commemorates the liberation of a people, which is perhaps a lot more meaningful. (I grant you the Pilgrims in their own way went to the New World seeking their own liberation, or at least an escape from religious persecution.)
Christians today are busy celebrating Easter, their holiest of days. Many of the more devout ones also celebrated Holy Thursday last week, infamous of course for The Last Supper. I was one of the many people who had largely tuned out that The Last Supper was a Passover Seder with Jesus as the guest of honor. Just as Christmas was timed around Winter Solstice to bring in the heathens, the timing of Easter over the Passover seems a trifle suspicious. What are the odds that Jesus just happened to die on the cross during the Passover? (One in 52, actually.) The Catholic mass strikes me at least in part as a way to co-opt and disenfranchise Passover Seder. Jesus broke matza on Holy Thursday and shared it with his disciples, the closest thing he had to family. During a mass, priests break the host into parts, and hosts are shared with the faithful during Holy Communion. (By the way, while matza is pretty boring bread, I prefer it to communion wafers.) In a way, Catholics celebrate Passover Seder every time they go to Mass.
Thanksgiving really is a holiday-come-lately. Passover Seder was already an ancient custom when Jesus held The Last Supper. Perhaps that was why my first Seder yesterday felt special, because I was participating in a ritual far older than Christianity. Moreover, its message is timeless. Who cannot feel joy at the miraculous liberation of a people? Who cannot feel touched that the Jews over so many millenniums take time once a year to never forget their enslavement, their long years in the desert and their return to the Promised Land?
Passover and Exodus, like many religious events, likely has a core truth to it, but is probably mostly myth. It is likely that not all Jews went to work in Egypt and even after the Diaspora we know some Jews still lived in Palestine. Few actually believe that the waters of the Red Sea parted for the Jews, although they may have found a relatively dry path on their way to the Sinai over the Reed Sea, while Pharaoh's armies got stuck in the muck. Whether Yahweh sent plagues or Egypt was going through a bad time is hard to say. I doubt any plague disproportionately spared the Jews. It is doubtful Jews were interminably lost in the desert for decades. It is much more likely that, like Gypsies, they were treated as uninvited guests wherever they went and kept roaming but stayed near sources of known water. In any event, Exodus makes for a compelling story and likely does speak to the reality that large numbers of Jews were enslaved in Egypt and managed to break free. Much of Jewish history and law derives from Moses' oversized presence.
In fact, as bad as enslavement was back in Pharaoh's time, the Holocaust was much worse. The state of Israel does celebrate a Holocaust Memorial Day, which in their calendar falls between April 7th and May 7th. The Pharaoh's sins against the Jews were relatively minor compared with Adolph Hitler's: Pharaoh wanted to enslave and abuse the Jews, not annihilate them. Passover is so established that it will never go away, but perhaps in time Jews will elevate Holocaust Memorial Day to a holiday of similar stature and magnitude.
More Gentiles like me should consider incorporating Passover Seder into their annual customs. The Unitarian church I attend hosts an annual Passover Seder. I had never considered attending before. I will be more likely to attend them in the future. My experience is that it is impossible to attend a Seder without feeling some of the suffering, oppression and liberation that Jews have experienced. In my opinion, Americans of all faith should routinely practice Passover Seder. So plaudits for President Obama. As acts of leadership go, this is a minor but important one. Let us hope it will be celebrated annually in The White House from now on.
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Mike Licht says:
Perhaps the most significant part of the Seder is the obligation to tell the Exodus story to your children as if it had happened to you, personally.
I sent the Obamas my Bubbe's special Passover macaroon recipe:
1. Open can.
2. Serve.
3. Eat.
http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/moses-and-macaroons/


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The idea that Lebanon's armed forces represent a solution to the current crisis is an illusion
The military reflects a society divided by sectarianism, with all the paradoxes that entails
President Michel Aoun (L) minister of defence Elias Abou Saab attend the military parade of the 76th anniversary of Lebanese independence day at the Defence Ministry headquarters in Yarze, east of Beirut , Lebanon 22 November 2019. Dalati Nohra/ EPA
There have been two broad interpretations of how the Lebanese armed forces have behaved in the ongoing protests in Lebanon. Both are inaccurate and both fail to understand what really drives the country's military.
One interpretation – that held by many protesters – is that the army has protected demonstrators and, within the limits imposed by the sectarian political system, has supported their demands. The second, advanced by politicians and pundits on the political right in the US who support Israel, is that the armed forces are a facade for Hezbollah. Even a cursory look at what has taken place in Lebanon in the past six weeks disproves both narratives.
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While the army has defended demonstrators in many places, it has also done more than that. Protesters have been detained and even mistreated in some locations. Earlier this week, for example, soldiers forcibly removed demonstrators blocking a main coastal road. At other times, the army has stood by while thugs associated with Hezbollah and the Amal Movement attacked protesters and destroyed their camps. This surely does not suggest that the military is explicitly on the side of the uprising.
On the other hand, the armed forces have definitely not been taking orders from Hezbollah. Where the political class had expected troops to break up protests using force, in fact the military strenuously avoided taking such a radical step. This earned it criticism from the two main Shiite parties, Hezbollah and Amal, underlining how the armed forces pursue their own agenda.
The reality is much simpler. Lebanon's armed forces are a reflection of the country's sectarian society, with all its disagreements. To reduce the pressures this might place on the organisation, it has long adopted a corporate identity over and above sectarian divisions. This identity has been focused on preserving the institution and managing its underlying contradictions from within.
What has this meant in terms of Hezbollah? While the party has allies in the army, Hezbollah is not in a position to compel the military to act in a certain way, nor are any of its branches fully under its sway. Rather, the armed forces are made up of myriad interest groups that seek to preserve the status quo from which they benefit, by avoiding a clash among themselves for the greater benefit of the organisation. Some might engage with Hezbollah, others might not. But the different sides will not threaten military unity by turning this into a matter of internal discord.
The principal motives explaining the military's behaviour in the Lebanon protests have been threefold – to avoid being drawn into the political divisions that the uprising has exacerbated, to retain popular support while portraying the military as a supranational institution free from corruption, and to protect public institutions but without doing so in a way that threatens public support.
In many regards, the model to which the armed forces continue to adhere is that put in place by independent Lebanon's first armed forces commander, Fouad Chehab. In 1952, there was a political crisis when then president Bishara Al Khoury resigned under pressure from his political foes. At the time, Chehab had shielded the military from the political disputes, agreeing only to head an interim government until a successor to Al Khoury could be elected.
In 1958 another political crisis came about when Camille Chamoun sought to use manipulated elections to extend his presidential term. What ensued was a shortlived civil war in which Chehab again kept the army on the sidelines while it actively prevented any one side from gaining a decisive advantage. By playing the role of arbitrator, Chehab not only safeguarded the military institution, he also gained enough trust to be elected president to succeed Chamoun.
The paradox is that while army commanders will strenuously avoid politicising the armed forces, many have had the ambition to become president. In the past two decades, three former armed forces commanders have been president. The current commander Joseph Aoun might well have a similar ambition.
That could partly explain why he has been so keen to preserve the neutrality of the armed forces and avoid alienating the public. Mr Aoun does not want to engage in repression of the population, particularly as its demands are entirely justified. Moreover, he certainly does not want to do so on behalf of a discredited political class, whose number includes the controversial figure Gebran Bassil, the son-in-law of Lebanese President Michel Aoun and a presidential hopeful.
People assist a wounded protester during clashes in central Beirut, Lebanon, 14 December 2019. The sit-in continues its nightly movements in front of the parliament entrance as they refuse to assign Saad Hariri to head the government. Next 16 December parliamentary consultations will begin to choose a prime minister. Nabil Mounzer/ EPA
There is an illusion among some Lebanese that the armed forces represent a solution to the current political crisis. With politicians' reputations in tatters because of the way they have plundered the state, the notion that the military can successfully take over power is dangerous. Not only would it undermine everything the military has tried to do since the protests began, it would go against the balancing game that has long allowed it to overcome its paradoxes.
That's why it is a mistake for opponents of the protests to try to enrol the military in the suppression of demonstrators, and it is why trying to punish the military for being an alleged Hezbollah cat's paw is reckless. Lebanon's military, like most national institutions embodying unity in otherwise divided states, is a reflection of Lebanon itself. Its survival often means embracing uneasy inconsistencies.
Michael Young is editor of Diwan, the blog of the Carnegie Middle East programme, in Beirut
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