false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1219946927m/2815590.jpg 2815590 6 <p>The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton travel from Boston to the North Carolina mountains where they plan 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&#8212;but she soon shows herself to be the equal of any man, overseeing crews, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving her husband's life in the wilderness. Together this lord and lady of the woodlands ruthlessly kill or vanquish all who fall out of favor. 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 suspects George is protecting his illegitimate family, the Pembertons' intense, passionate marriage starts to unravel as the story moves toward its shocking reckoning.</p> <p>Rash's masterful balance of violence and beauty yields a riveting novel that, at its core, tells of love both honored and betrayed.</p> 2841515 1 10 2008 Serena: A Novel total:732|5:161|4:292|3:190|2:66|1:23| 732 2698 1564 263 2 3 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 10:20:55 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 00:57:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 15:40:54 -0800 2009 Mon Jul 13 18:02:34 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 08:43:03 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 20:38:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 06:53:56 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 19:57:26 -0800 2008
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New York: HarperCollins Publishers
$24.95 – 371 pages 2008

There is no animal more invincible than a woman,
Nor fire either, nor any wildcat so ruthless.
-Aristophanes, “Lysistrata”

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