tonight we are joined by kathy - - cassie chambers her book hill women she later went on to receive her degree from harvard law and now works with domestic violence survivors in kentucky. she lives in louisville with her husband. please join me to give her a very warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you for being here and coming out in the rain it means so much to have people from all different phases and stages of my life. also carmichael's please purchase books if you want to have these independent bookstores and they need your dollars to do that i would appreciate if you purchase your book i will be signing them at the signing table. so what i want to do tonight i will read excerpts of hill women and why i wrote the book and what inspired me to write it and to give you an overview of how the book came to be and into the world and after the i will answer questions for anything that is on your mind. and i look forward to hearing your thoughts on the book and the subject matter and anything on your mind. the first part comes from the introduction from kentucky one of the poorest counties i