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Serena is a 2008 novel by Ron Rash.Set in 1930s North Carolina, the novel tells the story of newlywed couple Serena and George Pemberton and their timber business. It was listed as #34 on the New York Times Bestseller list for Hardcover Fiction in the November 2, 2008, issue of The New York Times Book Review.
- Fiction
- Ron Rash
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- 2008 HarperCollins
Plot Summary. American author Ron Rash’s novel Serena (2008) concerns the greedy title character's attempts to stall the government from declaring her land a national park so she can log it for her timber business. It takes place in 1930s North Carolina and became a New York Times bestseller. At the beginning of the novel, newlyweds Serena ...
McIntyre refers to Serena as “the whore of Babylon,” who he sees as a figure out of the Book of Revelations. Campbell announces that Serena is the winner of the wager. Buchanan, Wilkie, the ...
Serena desperately wants to give Pemberton an heir, so when she gets pregnant, she's over the moon. One night, eight months in, she has really bad pains but Dr. Cheney tells her it's nothing to worry about. The next day, though, she heads to the hospital, where she loses the baby and is lucky to survive. The doc tells her she won't have any ...
Oct 7, 2008 · Ron Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Finalist and New York Times bestselling novel, Serena, in addition to three other prizewinning novels, One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River, and The World Made Straight; three collections of poems; and four collections of stories, among them Burning Bright, which won the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and Chemistry and ...
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Serena shows her ruthless nature in protecting their interests. Chapter 6-10. Tensions rise as the Pembertons face labor disputes and a vengeful former lover of Serena’s. George becomes embroiled in a legal battle that threatens their business. Chapter 11-15. The couple's relationship is strained as Serena's thirst for power intensifies.
This study guide contains the following sections: This detailed literature summary also contains Quotes and a Free Quiz on Serena by Ron Rash. Serena by Ron Rash is set in North Carolina during the Depression. It is the story of Serena, a greedy timber baroness who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals.
