by Charles de Lint, Charles Vess
Very good ya illustrated contemporary fantasy about seven red-haired sisters living with their mother in the hills, most likely somewhere in the Ozarks. Things get a little messy when the middle sister manages to run afoul of the fairy folk. (I originally read this in Tapping the Dream Tree many yea...
This was a nice detour from Newford. Seven sisters live in the mountains and one has made friends with an old woman who lives off the grid and teaches her self-reliance. A ginseng harvest sends them on a adventure into Faerie - de Lint style.