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Summary: Julie and Hank's first year!!!
Review: Gap Creek is the 14th Oprah book I've read so far. I
enjoyed this book of a couple's first year of a marriage. The reason it didn't get five stars was because of the writing. I know that the main character was supposed to be shown as a hillbilly, but writing like this gets on my nerves. And I fear
that I'll lose my knowledge of proper English.
Julie moves away from her mother and three sisters to begin a life with her husband. This book is plagued by misery, but if you can withstand that, you'll find this book a good read.
This reviewer gives Gap Creek by Robert Morgan
4 stars:)
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Summary: A MUST READ!!
Review: This is by far one of the most memorable books I have ever read. It left such an impression on me that I made everyone in my book club read it as well. I feel it is something every young "over-privledged" child should read as well to know how hard life could be for some. If you haven't read this book...please read it! It's full of hardship, honor and most of all hope!
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Summary: hard luck story with a hopeful end
Review: This was a quick read, and like most of Oprah's recommended books, there was oodles of hardship and pain.
I admired the main character, Julie's work ethic and her ability to put up with so much, including her husbands moodiness and her mother in law's critizism. But the ending was what I enjoyed most because it closed on such a hopeful note. I can't speak for the historical accuracy of the story, but it did seem to ring true for me.
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Summary: The Best book I have ever read!
Review: I have to say it again, this is the absolute best book I have read! A co-worker knew that my family was originally from south-western VA and knew I was looking for a good book! Wow did she get it right! It's a story of Love, Loss, Family, and hardship, as well as a story of surviving eventhough the world around you would just as soon see you fall flat and not make it.
(not to mention it will really make you want a good jelly biscuit! I have read almost all of Robert Morgan's books but this is definately my favorite.
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Summary: Not too sure about listening to this on audio.
Review: I know it was supposed to be indicative of the person's dialect and lack of education, but listening to the first person account of a life told through short, choppy, simple sentences got old, real fast. I will, however, give major kudos to Jill Hill (the reader)! She did a fantastic job of making me feel like I was actually listening to Julie (the protagonist) telling her story. So, for that aspect alone, I would recommend the audio version. But, overall, I feel like I would've enjoyed the story more had I just read the book.
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Summary: An all time favorite
Review: The story is sad, sad, sad! The end is redeaming and allows us all a chance to look inside ourselves and find strength
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Summary: Ridiculous!
Review: Annotation-"Gap Creek" is a story based on love and marriage between two very compassionate human-beings. Gap Creek is a story of growing up, overcoming obstacles, and managing life with all hands. This story will open up your heart and take you into a world filled with realities of what married life can turn out to be. Author Bio- Robert Morgan was born and raised in Green River, a small community in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. He studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and in 1968 he earned an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 1971 Morgan began teaching at Cornell University where, since 1992, he has been the Kappa Alpha professor of English. Morgan's childhood memories include that of growing up in a small and isolated valley in the North Carolina Mountains are a fertile and constant inspiration for his fiction, which deals with such powerful and formative experiences as attending Pentecostal services, farming, marriage, and fighting disease. Since 1969, Morgan has published four books of fiction, including The Hinterlands (1994) and The Truest Pleasure (1995) named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable. (bookbrowse.com) Evaluation- I found the story of "Gap Creek" to be somewhat gory, but at the same time there was meaning and suspense to the story that kept the pages turning. This story is a very realistic way of life early in the 1900's when life was very frightening, and a lot tougher than it is living in today's world. The two main characters Hank and Julie fell in love and agreed to marry. They moved to Gap Creek where Hank got a job at a mill. Julie's job was to take care of Mr. Pendergast's house that he rented out to the couple. Throughout the story many unfortunate misshapenness take place such as Mr. Pendergast dying, Hank losing his job, Julie becoming pregnant, Fires, floods, and many more devastating events that took place. Julie and Hank had to live off of food from their garden, and canned food that had been saved up from the winter. They had to wash and boil their clothes to keep clean and survived on Milking cows to drink from. Life was not easy, but Hank and Julie managed to survive.
This is a story that will open up your eyes and make you look at your life a little deeper. "Gap Creek" teaches us the lessons of marriage that anybody can manage to run into throughout ones life. Marriage is not always just fun and games. Hank and Julie were two lovers who despite their many obstacles always had compassion for each other. All through the many up's and down's. They needed one another to survive and they did just that together.
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