I like the concept of many little stories together into one and I see that even in the chapters I've read. As someone who feels the planet is my home and not a specific place on the planet I'm interested in discussing the idea of home.
The story of Cassidy, cam girl in modern-day SoCal; Paloma, Fulbright scholar in newly Westernized Prague; Jane, farm girl working at the FBI in DC during WWII. Each leaves Appalachia to find a new life, only to be pulled back to the land they know.