Saints at the River

Saints at the River
Author Ron Rash
Cover artist Debra McClinton/Getty Images
Country USA
Language English
Genre Fiction
Published 2004 Henry Holt
Media type Print Hardback
Pages 239
ISBN 0-8050-7487-2

Saints at the River is a 2004 novel by American author Ron Rash. It is Rash's second published novel. It is the winner of the Weatherford Award for Best Novel[1] and has been used by several schools as a summer reading assignment for their incoming freshmen, including Clemson University, Temple University, and University of Central Florida.[2]

Plot

The story begins with a brief prologue description of a 12-year-old girl drowning in the Tamassee River, the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina. From then on, the story is told from the point of view of Maggie Glenn, a 28-year-old photographer for The Messenger newspaper assigned to cover the story.

Part One (Ch. 1-5)

The story begins with the introduction of Maggie Glenn. She has been assigned by her boss, Lee Gervais, to cover the events surrounding the drowning of a little girl in the Tamassee River with her colleague, Allen Hemphill.

Characters

Major Characters

Minor Characters

Publication history

Awards and nominations

References

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