This Rock
By (Author) Robert Morgan
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Fourth Estate
18th December 2002
Australia
General
Fiction
813.54
Paperback
384
Width 127mm, Height 198mm, Spine 29mm
364g
the new novel from the author of Gap Creek, an Oprah Book Club selection. this Rock is the gripping story of two brothers struggling against each other and the confines of their 1920s Appalachian Mountain world.the Powell brothers are as different as Cain and Abel. Muir is a shy 17-year-old with big dreams and not the slightest idea of what to do about them. Moody, the older and wilder brother - embittered by the death of his father, by the years of fighting his mother, and by his jealousy of Muir\'9291s privileged place in the family - takes to moonshine and gambling and turns his anger on his brother. Muir escapes by wandering, making his way around the country in attempts to find something - an occupation, a calling. through it all, their mother, Ginny, tries to steer her boys right, all the while remembering her own losses.When Muir, in a drunken vision, discovers his life's purpose, the consequences are far-reaching and irrevocable. All that's left in the aftermath are the ghosts and the memories of a new man. this Rock is Robert Morgan's most ambitious and accomplished novel yet.
Rob Morgan is the pastor of The Donelson Fellowship in Nashville, Tennessee, where he has served for more than thirty years. He is a bestselling and Gold-Medallion winning writer of more than twenty books with more than two million in print circulation. Rob has written articles for numerous publications and has appeared on national television and radio shows. He and his wife, Katrina, have three daughters and twelve grandchildren.