Creeker: A Woman's Journey (Women in Southern Culture)

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Summary: One Good Book
Review: I loved this book. It really tells the story of my people.

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Summary: One Good Book
Review: I was born in Paintsville (home of Loretta Lynn) and had to move away when I was 4. Reading this book took me back to my Grandma's front porch and the well outside. It reminded me of church outhouses and dinner on the ground. Made me want to throw rocks in the creek off the bridge at Grandma's and walk up to the family graveyard to wonder about my ancestor's lives. If you are from Eastern Kentucky, this book will make you proud to say "warsh" and "tard." If you aren't from there, read it anyway. It might make you appreciate us "hillbillies" a little more.

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Summary: Some books must be read, Creeker is one of them*****
Review: If you've ever thought about the consequences and significance of your life, your family and your home, then you are like me. And, if you're like me, then chances are pretty good that you'll count Scott-DeRosier's "Creeker" among your favorites. This is an interesting and gripping autobiography of a woman who is living the kind of life we all hope to live; it made me laugh out loud, reflect on the choices in my own life, and it moved me to tears -- all qualities of a book to be read more than once. In addition to all these strengths, Scott-DeRosier shared her Appalachian Mountain memories lovingly and candidly. Through her you will see what you've never seen before, respect people you might not have thought about before, and find reasons to hope for renewed community in our own lives. There was so much familiar in Scott-DeRosier's life story that I recognized those universal questions and truths that resonate in my own life, in all our lives no matter where we come from.

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Summary: Lack of depth leaves more questions than insights.
Review: The author and I share a similar story. I looked forward with hope to an insightful book from a psychologist 'smarter than arey tack.' Instead I found that the author simply described the events of her life. The book lacked any depth in recounting the author's motives or those of the people around her. I and countless others shared a similar path out of the creek and into academic and professional lives through Pikeville College. This book doesn't do her, or our, story justice. I hope she writes again. And I hope the next time she goes deeper.

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Summary: Sad, but true...
Review: This was a great book and I hope she writes more. It was written in a way that you could invision it all. If you like to read about mountian people, and days gone by, then you will love this book.

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Summary: A very moving book
Review: This writer does more to explain the Appalachia of my parents and grandparents than anything I have ever read. I am a college professor too but I was born and brought up in the north. I never understood my parents' love for the area of their birth. Frankly, I was ashamed of it and always resisted going "home" as they insisted on referring to East Tennessee. Creeker has given me insights into the strengths of Appalachia without glossing over the weaknesses. I appreciate that. I hope this author is continuing to write about her roots because I am finally interested in discovering mine. This book is well-written and I just passed it along to my mother. Thank you, Linda Derosier, for your honesty and your willingness to let a city girl finally learn about "our people" in your Creeker.

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Summary: great read for our book club
Review: To be honest, I'd never heard of this author but she was signing this book when I went into the bookstore to buy Homer Hickam's Coalwood. She also had a line of people there so I bought Creeker and had it autographed for my wife. She read it as I was reading Coalwood and sometimes she laughed out loud. As soon as she finished this book she began insisting that I read it. I too grew up on a "creek" in West Virginia, a few "hollers" over from Hickam's Coalwood. I think I enjoyed Creeker about as much as I enjoyed Rocket Boys. This writer has managed to capture a way of life that is breathing its last gasp, if it isn't dead already. Her descriptions of religion, schooling, and teenage dating are dead on. Now I wish I'd taken time to ask her if she's writing anything else. Like Hickam, she sure knows how to tell it like it was and make those of us who lived it proud. Thanks, ma'am. Now write another one. A fellow creeker

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Summary: An amazingly good book
Review: To be honest, I'd never heard of this author but she was signing this book when I went into the bookstore to buy Homer Hickam's Coalwood. She also had a line of people there so I bought Creeker and had it autographed for my wife. She read it as I was reading Coalwood and sometimes she laughed out loud. As soon as she finished this book she began insisting that I read it. I too grew up on a "creek" in West Virginia, a few "hollers" over from Hickam's Coalwood. I think I enjoyed Creeker about as much as I enjoyed Rocket Boys. This writer has managed to capture a way of life that is breathing its last gasp, if it isn't dead already. Her descriptions of religion, schooling, and teenage dating are dead on. Now I wish I'd taken time to ask her if she's writing anything else. Like Hickam, she sure knows how to tell it like it was and make those of us who lived it proud. Thanks, ma'am. Now write another one. A fellow creeker