Judy Blunt grew up on a small ranch in rural Montana. Her family was one of a few dozen scattered across the hard-bitten farm-scape of South Phillips County. As Blunt writes, “Word from the outside, whether it arrived in a mail sack or a news report, seldom overshadowed the facts of our lives,” and stories were what kept this community together. Judy Blunt shares a story from her memoir, Breaking Clean and talks with host Steve Curwood about the moment when she was accepted into her community.
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