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If the Creek Don't Rise

By: Leah Weiss
Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte, Kate Forbes
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A strikingly sincere portrait of a town and its buried secrets from an outstanding new voice in southern fiction.

In a North Carolina mountain town filled with moonshine and rotten husbands, Sadie Blue is only the latest girl to face a dead-end future at the mercy of a dangerous drunk. She's been married to Roy Tupkin for 15 days, and she knows now that she should have listened to the folks who said he was trouble. But when a stranger sweeps in and knocks the world off-kilter for everyone in town, Sadie begins to think there might be more to life than being Roy's wife.

As stark and magnificent as Appalachia itself, If the Creek Don't Rise is a bold and beautifully layered debut about a dusty, desperate town finding the inner strength it needs to outrun its demons. The folks of Baines Creek will take you deep into the mountains with heart, honesty, and homegrown grit.

©2017 Leah Weiss (P)2017 Recorded Books Coming of Age Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction Marriage Heartfelt

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Very powerful story ended too soon . Accents v strong just about audible had too change speed

Very powerful story ended too soon

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The characters are so well created and enforced. Each one unique, colourful, pitiful and real. A truly disturbing yet heartwarming story all in one.

Superbly written and narrated!

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The narrators were all
Excellent , and I really enjoyed the story , what a harsh life they lived for sure .

Loved it , brilliant ending !

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In a North Carolina mountain town filled with moonshine and rotten husbands, Sadie Blue is only the latest girl to face a dead-end future at the mercy of a dangerous drunk. She’s been married to Roy Tupkin for fifteen days, and she knows now that she should have listened to the folks who said he was trouble. But when a stranger sweeps in and knocks the world off-kilter for everyone in town, Sadie begins to think there might be more to life than being Roy’s wife.
I was gripped by this from the very first page. It is a tough and quite often brutal book, but at the heart of it there is a love and search for redemption. The characters are well drawn and the performances as brilliant.. The Southern American accent can easily descend into pastiche, however in this audiobook both Tom Stechschulte and Kate Forbes bring all the characters to life with each nuance and cadence of their speech. Leah Weiss creates a vivid atmosphere and even I as a Welsh middle aged man could see and even smell the Appalachian Mountains. Truly remarkable debut.

ANOTHER GREAT SOUTHERN WRITER.

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I ain't never been to the Appalachians but thanks to the best storyteller in the Audible catalogue, Tom Stechschulte, I can see into the heart and spirit of these mountain people. a stunning achievement.

Listened to it twice already.

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What a find… I listen to so many audio books I have to search for my next ‘listen’. I took a gamble on this one and I absolutely loved it, the setting, the characters, the performance. I didnt want it to end.

LOVED it!

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Lovable characters and well performed I found it Easy to listen too and thought it had a Fun ending

Light hearted touch on deep subjects

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Loved the storytelling and the beautiful descriptions and lives of all the characters. A great listen.

Brilliant writing

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Absolutely beautiful characters and performance although the full development of characters felt somewhat truncated, as if the book ended before it was supposed to. Eg Kate snd Ely? That never developed? Pity. I could have gone either way another 15 chapters to see the characters and relationships play out further.

What a find

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Struggled to get into this and found my mind wandering a bit. Writing was good in parts and some great descriptions of the people and location, but felt like it finished very abruptly so was left feeling a bit disappointed

Slow and steady then abrupt ending!

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