Stay and Fight

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