This Rock

Not his best work. While Gap Creek and Greatest Pleasure were gripping and breath taking accounts of life in 1920s for young adults in North Carolina's hills, This Rock is scattered and anti-climactic. The book is written from the viewpoint of both the main character, Muir, and his mother, Ginny. Bot......more

A terrific novel by the author of Gap Creek. This one relates the story of two dissimilar brothers, more or less of the Cain/Abel genre. Muir, the good brother, constantly seeks for his identity and a way to advance in the world. Moody, the bad brother, makes moonshine, is involved with bootleggers......more

I wanted to give this 5 stars because I love the combination of the gritty storyline blended with poetic writing. There are so few books that I read slowly - I tend to skim a lot of most books. However, I found myself re-reading passages that were written so beautifully. I will definitely read the M......more

This is the third historical novel I've read in the past three years from Robert Morgan, my longago undergrad creative writing professor. I began with Brave Enemies, a more recently written novel but set in Revolutionary times. I then pro/regressed to his Gap Creek, which spanned the turn of the 19t......more

The relationship between the two brothers is what drew me to this book. I was hoping to gain some insight into my own two boys who are so different. Although it took me a while to get through the book; I am glad I kept with it. The insight I gained was about my own fears of failure and how empowerin......more