If the Creek Don't Rise, (Paperback)

from kimkimkim

Have you ever read a book, seen a movie, or watched a play that made you shift in your seat because what you were reading, seeing, hearing made you so uncomfortable you couldn't keep your body still? Leah Weiss' book IF the Creek Don't Rise had that effect on me. This book was horrifying in its s...

from dara85

Sadie is seventeen and pregnant, living in the hills of North Carolina. She marries the father of her baby and he beats most nights. A new teacher, Kate Shaw, has come to hills, she finds the area backward and full of quirky characters such as Birdie Rocas, who has a crow for a pet. Then there ...

from Beamis12

Baines Creek, high up in the Appalachian mountain, a poor place filled with impoverished people, a place where moonshine is king. A different style for the story telling in this as we hear from many of the people in this town and Sadie Blues own story is woven through the fabric of theirs. A very...

from twileteyes

I enjoyed this but I also felt like there were a lot of side stories that just disappeared. Each new narrator would go back and retell part of the story from their point of view then move the story along for the next narrator to take over, but a lot of them had their own unique stories that I wan...

from debkrenzer

The blurb was correct on this very entertaining book. I did get way down deep with my feelings for the characters and the setting of this book. I really feel as though the author did a great job with the characters and making me feel as though I was really there in those hollers and mountains. Th...