The Jump-Off Creek (Paperback)

from satyridae

Spare prose and writerly style give this slight story of a pioneering woman homesteading alone in Oregon some real staying power.

from DeltaQueen50

The Jump-Off Creek by Molly Gloss is about homesteading in Oregon in the late 1800s. A woman who has been widowed comes to this remote area, near the Umpqua Mountains to take up her claim. She purchased the deed to an abandoned site so she starts with some land cleared and a ramshackle cabin. Her...

from clue

Mollie Gloss grew up in Oregon and often bases her novels on the experiences of her women ancestors, all women of the West. Widowed, and not particularly sorry for it, Lydia Sanderson heads across the country in 1895 with two mules, two goats and what she hopes is enough food to see her through. ...

from bookheaven

Short book that gives a glimpse into the hard life of the frontier homesteader. I would have liked to get more involved with the characters. They are very close-mouthed and don't speak their minds. It was still a worthwhile read, though.

from TimBazzett

It's all "between the lines," in the silences - I probably shouldn't be reading Molly Gloss. I'm a guy, after all. But maybe, at 64, some of the nastiness of being a guy has finally worn off. Because I love the way this woman writes. The Hearts of Horses hooked me, Wild Life wowed me, and now, th...