{"product_id":"serena-paperback","title":"Serena - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRon Rash\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebestseller and PEN\/Faulkner Award Finalist, \u003cem\u003eSerena \u003c\/em\u003eby award-winning author Ron Rash is \"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emasterfully written...\u003c\/strong\u003esprawling, engrossing and--from time to time--nightmarish,\" (\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e); a remarkable novel that \"recalls both John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy,\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e). Rash's chilling gothic tale of greed, corruption, and revenge set against the backdrop of the 1930s wilderness and America's burgeoning environmental movement was named a Best Book of the Year by more than a dozen national publications, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eand Miami Herald. Serena \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eis brilliant contemporary fiction that exquisitely balances beauty and violence, passion and rage, cruelty and love.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e notable book of the year\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAward-winning and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling novelist Ron Rash conjures a gothic tale of greed, corruption, and revenge with a ruthless, powerful, and unforgettable woman at its heart, set amid the wilds of 1930s North Carolina and against the backdrop of America's burgeoning environmental movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton arrive in North Carolina to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child, Serena is new to the mountains--but she soon shows herself to be the equal of any worker, overseeing crews, hunting rattlesnakes, even saving her husband's life in the wilderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether Serena and George ruthlessly kill or vanquish all who fall out of their favor. But when Serena learns that she will never bear a child, she sets out on her own to kill the son George had without her. Mother and child begin a struggle for their lives, and when Serena suspects George is protecting his illegitimate family, the Pembertons' intense, passionate marriage starts to unravel as the story moves toward its shocking finale.\u003c\/p\u003e   \r\nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \r\nRon 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 Chrmistry and Other Stories, which was a finalist for the 2007 PEN\/Faulkner Award. Twice the recipient of the O.Henry Prize, he teaches at Western Carolina University.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762951127328,"sku":"9780062292667","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/31803a0cb0e24276ce02494e76056bed.webp?v=1780227049","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/serena-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}