A! Magazine for the Arts

Author Shares the Stories of 24 Mountain Women

November 16, 2022

Jan-Carol Publishing, Inc., of Johnson City, Tennessee, announces the nationwide release of "Clinch Mountain Girls: 24 Women Grow Veggies, Animals, and a Community"by Nancy Withington Bell.

Following a year in Japan, two years in the Peace Corps in Iran, and grad school, Bell moved to Tennessee to work as a nutritionist and establish a homestead. The recordingsClinch Mountain Girlsis based on are in the Appalachian Archives at ETSU. Bell still lives on their Clinch Mountain farm. Learn more atclinchmountaingirls.com.

In "Clinch Mountain Girls," Bell shares rich authentic stories from 24 women who bravely made a move to a new region. In the mountain hollows of Tennessee, the newly arrived "girls" — young, suburban women from 15 states-supported each other, learning country ways and how to produce their own water, warmthand food. Fleeing urban consumer culture and the social strife of the 1970s, they learned from the locals, became strong womenand formed a lasting community.

"Clinch Mountain Girls: 24 Women Grow Veggies, Animals, and a Community "is available on Amazon, Barnes&Noble.com, and through Jan-Carol Publishing, Inc.

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