If the Creek Don't Rise - Leah Weiss

If the Creek Don't Rise

By Leah Weiss

  • Release Date: 2017-08-22
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 270 Ratings

Description

"An immersive and deeply emotional reading experience—especially satisfying for readers who love richly drawn characters and a strong sense of place" —NPR

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 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 all great southern writers, Leah Weiss's magic turns the local into the universal." —Wiley Cash, New York Times bestselling author, on All The Little Hopes

Reviews

  • Excellent work

    5
    By susannahermana
    Could not put this one down… Excellent writing, superlative character development… Great story. Definitely recommend.
  • Absolutely wonderful

    5
    By Beechwood Haven
    The world needed another good book and this is it. You must read.
  • If the Creek Don't Rise

    4
    By ElizabethMcG
    I'm from there. It was pretty much like that back then. Made me time travel. A fun read.
  • Outstanding read

    5
    By Handakina
    What a incredible book both in terms of story and writing. Hard to believe this is a first novel. The author created mesmerizing characters with individual stories wrapped around an extraordinary central character. Please, Ms Weiss, more! Where have you been hiding all these years?!?
  • Ethnically fascinating!

    5
    By SheGames
    Compelling diverse depths ~ a quick read of characters (mostly) who will be missed (Hint!)
  • If the Creek Don’t Rise

    5
    By Tiggy/Cookie
    WOW ! What a book. Not my usual style to read, but once I started I couldn’t stop. I wanted not only for Sadie to have her revenge, but I wanted to find out what happened to the rest of the standout characters. This book would make a great movie. Very well written.
  • Hard to put down!

    4
    By ventiwithabook
    The story of a tiny Appalachian community told from multiple perspectives, with expertly woven clues in each chapter. I really loved the ending. The prose is easy to read and get lost in. A good book for a weekend read.

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