The Rural Poor Always Manage - Somehow

A few years ago I heard a news interview with a lady from Alabama who had taken a job in Washington, D.C.  She secured lodging outside the city and talked about the poverty she saw as she drove in each morning.  One comment she made really stuck with me, and came to mind as Ive been preparing my next book.  I cant exactly quote her (and dont remember her name to site that quotation anyway) but she said out in the country, poor people always find a way to survive.

On the mountain, we often...