Helpful Score: 3
One Of my Favorite Books .. I think you have to be a True Southerner to Understand How Good this Book is ..
Helpful Score: 3
A beautiful story about Appalachia and the strong mountain women who live there. They prevail in the face of natural disaster, life's tragedies, and cultural difficulties. Julie Harmon exhibits strength and grace as she embarks on her first year of marriage.
Helpful Score: 3
I loved this lyrical novel about a memorable young woman as she and her new husband start their married life in a small Appalachian community at the tail end of the 19th Century.
Julie Richards is physically and spiritually strong, hard-working and loving, and completely without pretensions or self-pity as she moves from her parents' rural mountain cabin and into Mr Pendergast's small farm in even more remote Gap Creek with her new husband, Hank. During the year Hank and Julie steadfastly care for the farm and each other, Julie describes the privations they face and the gifts they receive from Nature and neighbors.
This book felt so real, as if Morgan was writing about someone in his own family -- perhaps his grandmother or great-grandmother. I highly recommend it and will remember it, and Julie, for a long time
Julie Richards is physically and spiritually strong, hard-working and loving, and completely without pretensions or self-pity as she moves from her parents' rural mountain cabin and into Mr Pendergast's small farm in even more remote Gap Creek with her new husband, Hank. During the year Hank and Julie steadfastly care for the farm and each other, Julie describes the privations they face and the gifts they receive from Nature and neighbors.
This book felt so real, as if Morgan was writing about someone in his own family -- perhaps his grandmother or great-grandmother. I highly recommend it and will remember it, and Julie, for a long time
Helpful Score: 2
In other reviews I've read, people loved this book. I hate to be the devil's advocate, but I did not like it very much. I found that it dragged and I hit a point where I just wanted it to end. Yes, her life was tough and she faced many challenges. It may have been the writing. Or, it may have just been me.
Helpful Score: 2
I did not like this book so much. I got it because I loved most of the Oprah's book club selections. But this one was not so great. It took a great effort for me to finish reading it.
