Ron Rash
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born
January 01, 1953
in Chester, South Carolina, The United States
gender
male
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Serena
— published 2008 — 16 editions |
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One Foot in Eden
— published 2002 — 5 editions |
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Saints at the River: A Novel
— published 2004 — 5 editions |
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The Cove
— published 2012 — 7 editions |
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Burning Bright: Stories
— published 2010 — 7 editions |
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The World Made Straight: A Novel
— published 2006 — 5 editions |
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Chemistry and Other Stories
— published 2007 |
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Raising the Dead
— published 2002 |
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The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth and Other Stories from Cliffside, North Carolina
— published 1994 |
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Eureka Mill
— 2 editions |
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“Then one morning she’d begun to feel her sorrow easing, like something jagged that had cut into her so long it had finally dulled its edges, worn itself down. That same day Rachel couldn’t remember which side her father had parted his hair on, and she’d realized again what she’d learned at five when her mother left – that what made losing someone you loved bearable was not remembering but forgetting. Forgetting the small things first, the smell of the soap her mother had bathed with, the color of the dress she’d worn to church, then after a while the sound of her mother’s voice, the color of her hair. It amazed Rachel how much you could forget, and everything you forgot made that person less alive inside you until you could finally endure it. After more time passed you could let yourself remember, even want to remember. But even then what you felt those first days could return and remind you the grief that was still there, like old barbed wire embedded in a tree’s heartwood. (51)”
― Ron Rash, Serena
― Ron Rash, Serena
“The woman doesn't look up. It's as if she's deaf. Maybe she is. Maybe she's like the Cambodian women I've read about, the ones who witnessed so many atrocities that they have willed themselves blind. Maybe that's what you have to do sometimes to survive. You kill off part of yourself, your hearing or eyesight, your capacity for hope. ”
― Ron Rash, Chemistry and Other Stories
― Ron Rash, Chemistry and Other Stories
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| Challenge: 50 Books: Bob's 2010 Book Shelf | 68 | 129 | Dec 31, 2010 07:16pm | |
| The Book Challenge: Connie M's Book Challenge for 2010 - COMPLETED!! | 56 | 69 | Jan 01, 2011 01:24pm | |
| Challenge: 50 Books: Kristine I's 2010 Reading Challenge | 83 | 142 | Jan 03, 2011 07:09pm | |
| Reading with Style: 10.3 - Home for the Holidays | 27 | 43 | Dec 12, 2011 02:51pm | |
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