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The Unsettlers: In Search of the Good Life in Today's America
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The radical search for the simple life in today's America.
On a frigid April night, a classically trained opera singer, five months pregnant, and her husband, a former marine biologist, disembark an Amtrak train in La Plata, Missouri, assemble two bikes, and pedal off into the night, bound for a homestead they've purchased, sight unseen. Meanwhile, a horticulturist, heir to the Great Migration that brought masses of African Americans to Detroit, and her husband, a product of the white flight from it, have turned to urban farming to revitalize the blighted city they both love. And near Missoula, Montana, a couple who have been at the forefront of organic farming for decades navigate what it means to live and raise a family ethically.
A work of immersive journalism steeped in a distinctively American social history and sparked by a personal quest, The Unsettlers traces the search for the simple life through the stories of these new pioneers and what inspired each of them to look for -- or create -- a better existence. Captivating and clear-eyed, it dares us to imagine what a sustainable, ethical, authentic future might actually look like.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book describes several people who have gone back to the land to raise food to provide a healthier alternative to industrialized farming. I grew up in Detroit so Olivia and Greg's story was especially interesting. They turned an abandoned Detroit City neighborhood into a farm, overcoming the problems of both the city bureaucracy and the violent elements that remain there. It's wonderful to learn that in spite of all the problems that beset the city, there are people like that who are quietly building a better future.
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