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Serena leaves the hospital earlier than either the doctors or Pemberton wants her to. She returns to camp and the workers are struck silent as she passes by on the way to her house.
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- In Serenaby Ron Rash, Serena is a Very Cunning Person
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 more children. Serena's really bummed, and Galloway is angry with Cheney for telling her everything would be okay before, so he kills the guy.
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. [1]
When Buchanan, a representative of this movement arrives, Serena questions his loyalty to the Pembertons, urging George to kill him. George makes the murder look like a hunting accident. While McDowell, the local sheriff, believes George murdered Buchanan, he has no hard evidence to prove it.
The story is told from three perspectives: George Pemberton, thoroughly enthralled by Serena; sixteen-year-old Rachel Harmon, mother of a son to Pemberton; and foreman Snipes, gauging the mood of his crew of sawyers and offering perceptive comments on their suspicions & superstitions.
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Rachel, who is in the hospital awaiting a heart surgery, reads an article about Serena in a magazine. She tears the article out and shows it to Jacob. The next month, Jacob travels to South America where he kills both Galloway and Serena.
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Oct 7, 2008 · Yet when Serena learns that she will never bear a child, she sets out to murder the son George fathered without her. Mother and child begin a struggle for their lives, and when Serena...
