Publisher's Synopsis
A classically trained opera singer and her husband, a former marine biologist,set out by train for a homestead they've purchased in rural Missouri, sight unseen. Meanwhile, a horticulturist, heir to the Great Migration that brought her grandmother 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. Andnear Missoula, Montana, a couple of longtime organic farmers navigate what itmeans to live and raise a family ethically. A work of immersive journalism steeped in a distinctively American socialhistory and sparked by a personal quest, The Unsettlers traces the search for thesimple life through the stories of these new pioneers. Captivating and clear-eyed,it dares us to imagine what a sustainable, ethical, authentic future might actuallylook like.
