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Gap Creek
The Story of a Marriage
by Robert Morgan
ISBN: 0743203348
ISBN-13: 9780743203340
Format: Paperback
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Summary
In turn-of-the-century Appalachia, Julie Harmon marries and faces a hard life of subsistence farming: a constant struggle against not only nature but the unpredictable humans who inhabit her world.
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"An ideal example of a regional tale: free of 'local color,' respectful of his people, entirely free of condescension, Morgan offers a gliding, unhurried story..."
-- Kirkus
"Morgan's talent for gracefully illustrating the practical details of rural life is astonishing. GAP CREEK's beauty is found in its depiction of the dazzling Appalachian landscape and its people....[A] heartfelt picture of southern life." -- David Harsanyi
-- Book
"[D]espite a certain old-fashioned charm, [GAP CREEK] rests not so much on a plot as on a never-ending series of crises. It reads less like a novel than a memoir written by a very old woman, who wants her grandchildren to know the events that made up her life, the fires and floods, the births and the deaths, and the chores that have vanished from the modern world....These are powerful images from a rural past, more powerful than the story that contains them. What's missing from GAP CREEK is the connection between Julie and the other characters....There is only Julie's vision, only Julie's voice, and it is the voice of a person who has no expectation that life might be enjoyed, only that it should be endured." -- Susan Dooley
-- Washington Post Book World
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published date: 2000
Size: 4.25 x 6.75 inches
Weight: 0.35 pounds
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Gap Creek The Story of A Marriage
Morgan, Robert
Touchstone Books. Mass Market PaperBack. 0743203348 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. 2000 Touchstone Books Mass Market PaperBack . Very Good. 2000. ( more information) Offered by Seashellbooks.com, Inc. (United States)
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Gap Creek
Morgan, Robert
New York: Scribner, 2000. Paperback, duodecimo (12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall), classified as good-very good. Clean and tight copy with light creasing to spine, some spine roll, light age tan and some foxing, mainly on edges. We respond promptly to requests for more detailed description, scanned images and other reachable information.. First Thus. Paperback. Good-very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by BookSplendour (Australia)
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Morgan, Robert
Touchstone Books. PAPERBACK. 0743203348 - hardback . Fine. ( more information) Offered by Heroic Image (United States)
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