“[A] striking debut…”—BUSTLE
He’s gonna be sorry he ever messed with me and Loretta Lynn.
Sadie Blue has been a wife for fifteen days. That’s long enough to know she should have never hitched herself to Roy Tupkin, even with the baby.
Sadie is desperate to make her own mark on the world, but in remote Appalachia, a ticket out of town is hard to come by and hope often gets stomped out. When a … ticket out of town is hard to come by and hope often gets stomped out. When a stranger sweeps into Baines Creek and knocks things off kilter, Sadie finds herself with an unexpected lifeline…if she can just figure out how to use it.
Fans of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek will love this intimate insight into a fiercely proud, tenacious community and relish the voices of the forgotten folks of Baines Creek.
With a colorful cast of characters and a flair for the Southern Gothic, If the Creek Don’t Rise is a debut novel bursting with heart, honesty, and homegrown grit.
“Like Daniel Woodrell’s ‘hillbilly noir’ novel Winter’s Bone…[If the Creek Don’t Rise] unfolds like a dark, gripping alt-country ballad.”—Yahoo!
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wonderfully told with exceptional character development.
This book is a very realistic representation of the crushing poverty in many Appalachian towns and how it can twist people up inside. The slang is spot on, to the point that I had to look up several terms, which added to the realism of the story. This is not a feel good book…It is raw and in your face with some of the truths of living in such a town, so avoid it if you prefer happy endings.
Characters were a little to much but interesting
Depressing
Too many characters and things didn’t flow good.
I very much like reading books about the people of Appalachia. In books at least they live a simpler, albeit harder life. They have a different outlook on things. I recommend this book as it has some great characters, and you can’t help sympathizing in the end for Sadie Blue!
Living a life of poverty and abuse, but learning to find a better life. Interesting characters.
A glimps into a different time and place.
This story about Appalachia seems so realistic I can’t help but wonder. Loved all the details about life in the hills and hollers.
It starts out as a story about Sadie about a fourth through it kinda just tells you about each with their own chapter. It gets to the end but in such a round about way. Each character tells his/her own story and only 3 character actually tie in at the end of the story. A note to the author. The use of the word ‘won’t’ throughout the novel really should have been ‘weren’t’ in Apalachian dialect.
loved it could not put it down
It was okay.
I hadn’t ever read a book quite like this (about life in Appalachia) and enjoyed it immensely. It is easy to read and I felt satisfied that it was a good read. I have recommended it for a book club. I am 81 years old and read before falling asleep or when I am sleepless during the night; I read four or five books per month. This book was a favorite and I also read two others this month that were quite wonderful about North Korea and about Africa.
I really enjoyed it, the characters were well defined
Very interesting characters and no wasted words.
The characters were wonderful! I kept waiting for the story line to happen, but it was really about the community of characters. I did not see the ending coming!
A very good read for me with great characters. The setting and time-line piqued my interest. Predictable outcome, but still wanted more.
This book haunted me long after reading it. The characters are wonderfully created, some we love, some we dislike, some we hate with a passion. The descriptions of the life in Appalachia are soul shattering. This was an incredible book whose images will stay with you long after you finish it.
Well written with some twisted and some wonderful characters. I finished it the day I started it and am still pondering it a week later. I felt I lived it. What a great writer!!