Author:
Robert Morgan
ISBN: 9781565127425
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Overview
There is a most unusual woman living in Gap Creek. Julie Harmon works
hard, "hard as a man," they say, so hard that at times she's not sure
she can stop. People depend on her to slaughter the hogs and nurse the
dying. People are weak, and there is so much to do. She is just a
teenager when her little brother dies in her arms. That same year she
marries and moves down into the valley where floods and fire and visions
visit themselves on her, and con men and drunks and lawyers come
calling.
Julie and her husband discover
that the modern world is complex and that it grinds ever on without
pause or concern for their hard work. To survive, they must find out
whether love can keep chaos and madness at bay.
Robert Morgan's latest novel, Gap
Creek, returns his readers to the vivid world of the Appalachian high
country. Julie and Hank's new life in the valley of Gap Creek in the
last years of the nineteenth century is more complicated than the couple
ever imagined. Sometimes it's hard to tell what to fear most-the fires
and floods or the flesh-and-blood grifters, drunks, and busybodies who
insinuate themselves into their new lives. Their struggles with nature,
with work, with the changing century, and with their disappointments and
triumphs make this a riveting follow-up to Morgan's acclaimed novel,
The Truest Pleasure.
Review
Gap Creek was an inspiring read for me. This story can show you how hard times could be and makes you take a look at your own life. It gives you a great view of what live could have been like back then. By the end of the book, I was pulled in and couldn't put the book down. I just had to find out what happened to Julie and Hank.
I was disappointed because of the fact that nothing good came out of this story for the young couple. It seemed like the more they tried, the harder they kept falling. The story ended too soon for my liking. I would have liked it to end on a better note. Perhaps Julie seeing her Mom and sisters for the first time since she left home.
Other than that, it's a great read. (****) I give this book four (4) stars.
