{"product_id":"stay-and-fight-9781250619556","title":"Stay and Fight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike \u003ci\u003eBastard Out of Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e, ffitch's electrifying debut novel is \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea paean to independence and a protest against the materialism of our age. --\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelightfully raucous. --Sam Sacks, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHelen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo 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 easement edging their land. The outside world is brought clamoring into their makeshift family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in a region known for its independent spirit, \u003ci\u003eStay and Fight\u003c\/i\u003e shakes up what it means to be a family, to live well, to make peace with nature and make deals with the system. It is a protest novel that challenges our notions of effective action. It is a family novel that refuses to limit the term. And it is a marvel of storytelling that both breaks with tradition and celebrates it. Best of all, it is full of flawed, cantankerous, flesh-and-blood characters who remind us that conflict isn't the end of love, but the real beginning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbsorbingly spun, perfectly voiced, and disruptively political, Madeline ffitch's \u003ci\u003eStay and Fight\u003c\/i\u003e forces us to reimagine an Appalachia--and an America--we think we know. And it takes us, laughing and fighting, into a new understanding of what it means to love and to be free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250619556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.60w x 1.10d","brand":"Madeline Ffitch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648758345884,"sku":"9781250619556","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_351d3c73-dad4-4b9e-ac00-fc9839adf6b1.jpg?v=1603870950","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stay-and-fight-9781250619556","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}