Desde Esta Colina

The Ozarks Mountains are a mythical territory in the North American imagination: a place where, since the mid-20th century, those who fled from the impositions of society, the law, money or themselves were found. Thus, in just a few decades, in that abrupt and wild landscape, fugitives and hippies, Baptists and ufologists, adventurers and scammers gathered... Today, they are even part of show business thanks to highly rated series such as "Mountain Men" (History Channel) or "The Ozarks" (Netflix), but when Sue Hubbell went to live there in the seventies, it was much wilder territory (in every sense). Like so many others, Hubbell arrived trying to escape a life governed by salaries, schedules and what we call "the system." It was impossible, of course, and it didn't take her long to realize it. But the life she found for herself in that place was much better than the one she was looking for. In a way, this book is the story of that search that was frustrated and achieved at the same time, narrated with overflowing intelligence, humor and luminosity.