Thanks to Pinterest boards and Instagram hashtags, the word “authentic” has passed from buzzword into the realm of parody: Think farm-to-table spreads, mountain-top selfies and any fashion shoot set in America’s starkly fashionable Joshua Tree National Park. But in Mark Sundeen's The Unsettlers: In Search Of The Good Life In Today’s America (Riverhead Books, 2017), three American families ditch modern comforts and convenience – including, in some cases, supermarkets, cars and even electricity – to define authentic living for themselves.
For “the Luddite-curious”, The Unsettlers offers an in-depth and compelling account of diverse people living off the grid. In each of the book’s three sections – “Missouri”, “Detroit”, and “Montana” – the homesteaders show us how the other half lives.
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