
Gap Creek: The Story of a Marriage
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Journal Entry 2 by Essenza--OBCZ at Essenza Coffee House - 1350 S Longmore At Southern in Mesa, Arizona USA on Saturday, July 16, 2005
Released 19 yrs ago (7/16/2005 UTC) at Essenza Coffee House - 1350 S Longmore At Southern in Mesa, Arizona USA
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Now available as part of the Essenza OBCZ!
Now available as part of the Essenza OBCZ!

One of a number of books generously passed along to stock The Underground OBCZ in Ventura, CA. Profuse "thank you"s are due firegirl and Essenza OBCZ for their kindness. This bestseller will be a great addition to the bookshelf! I'm tempted to read it based on the praise from Fred Chappell noted on the back cover -- "the work of a master." In fact ... I think I will read it.

GAP CREEK is the story of the first year of a marriage in turn-of-the-century Appalachia, but it is also very much the story of a young woman. The character-narrator is Julie, a 17-year-old who has lived a hard life thus far doing manual labor alongside her father. She meets and marries handsome Hank, who moves her to the valley, away from her family and, unexpectedly, into an equally difficult life in which one trial is eclipsed by yet another hardship.
Robert Morgan chose to write this in dialect to convey that Julie was truly telling her story. It's startling. For the wary reader, it may trigger the Li'l Abner-Uncle Remus hokum alarms, but it's wrought carefully and effective. His descriptions of what would be menial labor are poetic, whether it's working a crosscut saw in freezing temperatures or butchering a hog.
Before this book is loosed in the OBCZ, it's being passed along to family members whom I'm sure will enjoy reading it.
Robert Morgan chose to write this in dialect to convey that Julie was truly telling her story. It's startling. For the wary reader, it may trigger the Li'l Abner-Uncle Remus hokum alarms, but it's wrought carefully and effective. His descriptions of what would be menial labor are poetic, whether it's working a crosscut saw in freezing temperatures or butchering a hog.
Before this book is loosed in the OBCZ, it's being passed along to family members whom I'm sure will enjoy reading it.

GAP CREEK returned half-read from one family member and was deemed "too depressing." Thus it was not passed along. The other folks haven't responded about whether they're interested, so on it goes.
The book is earmarked for release in a few days to a friend who I'm pretty sure is not a Book Crossing member ... yet. (Hey! Please join!) There's sort of a subversive reason I'm passing this along: I hope the recipient will be inspired to write some new old time music based on some of the happenings in the book, especially since Morgan's prose is so evocative. It needs a soundtrack. And I hope it will be passed along once it's been read.
The book is earmarked for release in a few days to a friend who I'm pretty sure is not a Book Crossing member ... yet. (Hey! Please join!) There's sort of a subversive reason I'm passing this along: I hope the recipient will be inspired to write some new old time music based on some of the happenings in the book, especially since Morgan's prose is so evocative. It needs a soundtrack. And I hope it will be passed along once it's been read.