A Novel. In a North Carolina mountain town filled with moonshine and rotten husbands, Sadie Blue is only the latest girl to face a dead-end future at the mercy of a dangerous drunk. Shes been married to Roy Tupkin for fifteen days, and she knows now that she should have listened to the folks who said he was trouble. But when a stranger sweeps in and knocks the world off-kilter for everyone in town, Sadie begins to think there might be more to life than being Roys wife. As stark and magnificent as Appalachia itself, If the Creek Dont Rise is a bold and beautifully layered debut about a dusty, desperate town finding the inner strength it