If the Creek Don't Rise: A Novel [Paperback]

<p><strong>"[A] striking debut..."—BUSTLE</strong></p><p><strong><em>He's gonna be sorry he ever messed with me and Loretta Lynn.</em></strong><em></em></p><p>Sadie Blue has been a wife for fifteen days. That's long enough to know she should have never hitched herself to Roy Tupkin, even with the baby.</p><p>Sadie is desperate to make her own mark on the world, but in remote Appalachia, a ticket out of town is hard to come by and hope often gets stomped out. When a stranger sweeps into Baines Creek and knocks things off kilter, Sadie finds herself with an unexpected lifeline...if she can just figure out how to use it.</p><p>Fans of <em>The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek</em>will love this intimate insight into a fiercely proud, tenacious community and relish the voices of the forgotten folks of Baines Creek.</p><p><strong>With a colorful cast of characters and a flair for the Southern Gothic, <em>If the Creek Don't Rise</em>is a debut novel bursting with heart, honesty, and homegrown grit.</strong></p><p>"Like Daniel Woodrell's 'hillbilly noir' novel <em>Winter's Bone</em>...[<em>If the Creek Don't Rise</em>] unfolds like a dark, gripping alt-country ballad."—Yahoo!</p>"Every page of Leah Weiss' debut, If the Creek Don't Rise, has a pulse as fierce and unyielding as its Appalachian setting. Told through an ensemble of narrators, men and women of all ages bound by the inescapable power of place and belonging, it is a lush exploration of the darkest rooms in the human heart, and the brightest fires of the human spirit. Weiss' remarkable gift for language left me breathless, and her characters, distinctive and unapologetically-human, will haunt me for some time." - <strong><em>Erika Marks, author of The Last Treasure</em></strong>"[A] striking l31