Lucy's review
Gap Creek : The Story Of A Marriage (Oprah's Book Club)
by Robert Morgan
Lucy's review
Gap Creek : The Story Of A Marriage (Oprah's Book Club) by Robert Morgan
Lucy's review
rating:
recommended for: people who think marriage is and always will be hard
The title is Gap Creek: The Story Of A Marriage. I had to keep reminding myself that this was a book of perspective. All books are, but I was so annoyed at the hard, bleek perspective the author chose to give us, that I wanted to shout out loud at the characters. Be nice! Say Thank You! Find a job!
Of course, their life WAS hard...which made their marriage hard. But, mostly, it was their lack of opportunity that made it so unbelievably difficult. Their lack of education and vision and plans for the future gave them no future. They just lived their hard life day after day.
I suppose there are lessons to learn and examples to follow. I always wonder, "What is this book's point?" Is it, that marriage is hard? That life in the South Appalachians at the turn of the century was hard? That you had to work hard and then you died? Well...that is a point. But not a very enjoyable one.
I would classify this as women's literature, because I cannot fathom a ma...more
Of course, their life WAS hard...which made their marriage hard. But, mostly, it was their lack of opportunity that made it so unbelievably difficult. Their lack of education and vision and plans for the future gave them no future. They just lived their hard life day after day.
I suppose there are lessons to learn and examples to follow. I always wonder, "What is this book's point?" Is it, that marriage is hard? That life in the South Appalachians at the turn of the century was hard? That you had to work hard and then you died? Well...that is a point. But not a very enjoyable one.
I would classify this as women's literature, because I cannot fathom a ma...more
