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
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