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020			_a9781565122963
082	0		_aFIC MOR
100	1		_aMorgan, Robert
245	1	0	_aGap Creek _c/ Robert Morgan
260			_aChapel Hill, N.C. _b: Algonquin Books _c, c1999.
300			_a326 p, _c; 23 cm.
520			_aAn Oprah's Book Club Selection An unflinching tale of turn-of-the-century Appalachian life, "Gap Creek" chronicles the challenging first year in the marriage of Julie Harmon and Hank Richards. After losing both her father and brother before turning 17, Julie faces fire, flood, grifters, sickness, and starvation with grim determination and remarkable stamina. By capturing the earthy details of rural life, including raw, riveting accounts of everything from hog slaughtering to childbirth, Robert Morgan weaves the human and the heroic that coexist in every individual.
650		4	_aYoung women _x--Fiction
650			_aMountain life _x-Fiction
651		4	_aAppalachian region, southern _x--Social life and customs _v--Fiction.
942			_cMO
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