Dear Reader, Gap Creek does a good job of showing how life used to be in the mountains of North Carolina. I know because I grew up there. Just like, Julie Harmon, I've milked cows, sawed firewood, and ate cornbread for breakfast. I can also identify with Robert as a writer. My novel, Edge of Heaven, puublished: November, 1997 by Bright Mountain Press in Asheville, N.C., is set in the same place and time period. I think it is hard for a man to write about a woman's feellings and still harder to tell a story in first person. This method prohibits the author from letting the reader know how the other characters, who are important to the story, are feeling and thinking. Given these handicaps, Morgan did a great job. If you would like to compare the two books take a look at, Edge of Heaven, at Amaazon.com. You can email me at emae57@earthlink.net.