Gap creek (Algonquin Books)

An Algonquin classic and Oprah Book Club Pick, now available in paperback. Julie and Hank's life in the valley of Gap Creek in the last years of the nineteenth century is more complicated than the couple ever imagined. Sometimes it's hard to tell what to fear most-the fires and floods or the flesh-and-blood grifters, drunks, and busybodies who insinuate themselves into their new lives. Their struggles with nature, with work, with the changing century, and with their disappointments and triumphs make this a riveting and critically acclaimed story.