Gap Creek : The Story of a Marriage (CD-Audio)

from hobbitprincess

I've read this book before, and I didn't rate it very high, but after rereading it in preparation for reading the sequel, I enjoyed it much more. Perhaps being older has given me an appreciation for the hard work and hard times that Julie and Hank have. Morgan has done such a wonderful job in giv...

from bookfest

This is the story of a young couple, Julie and Hank, at the beginning of their married life in Appalachia in 1900. Told from Julie's point of view, she struggles to understand her husband's ways and moods. They face one painful trial after another while she works like a mule to survive. The obser...

from CarrieWuj

In our modern world, we have no concept of how easy life is. This book drives that point home with every page. The water we so unconsciously get from the tap would have to be fetched at the spring, and maybe boiled, depending on conditions. The load of laundry we so carelessly throw in before lea...

from jbaker614

By the time I finished reading "Gap Creek", it was hard to imagine that anything else could go wrong for Julie and Hank as they try to make a life for themselves in South Carolina at the end of the 19th century. This is a story of love, hardship and eternal hope that life is worth living and what...

from judithrs

Gap Creek. Robert Morgan. 1999. I've wanted to read this book for years and I discovered it in my bookcase a few weeks ago. I don't know how long I've had it or where I got it (Catholic Charities or Faith Rescue?). It is, as the blurb says, "The story of a Marriage." Julie and Hank literally fall...