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Language
  
English

Pages
  
239

Originally published
  
August 2004

Page count
  
239

Country
  
United States of America

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Media type
  
Print Hardback

ISBN
  
0-8050-7487-2

Author
  
Ron Rash

Genre
  
Fiction

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Cover artist
  
Debra McClinton/Getty Images

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Ron Rash books, Fiction books

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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 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.

Contents

Saints at the river


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.

Major Characters

  • Maggie Glenn - the narrator of the story. Maggie is a 28-year-old photographer for The Messenger newspaper and has been assigned to cover the story of the drowning. Maggie is originally from Tamassee, South Carolina.
  • Allen Hemphill - assigned to cover the story of the drowning with Maggie. He is 39-years-old.
  • Minor Characters

  • Lee Gervais - Maggie's boss and managing editor of The Messenger. Lee is 38-years-old, and it is implied that he has never had to work for anything, as he comes from a wealthy family.
  • Thomas Hudson - owner of The Messenger newspaper, published out of Columbia, South Carolina.
  • Publication history

  • 2004, USA, Henry Holt ISBN 0-8050-7487-2, Pub date 2004, Hardback
  • Awards and nominations

  • Weatherford Award for Best Novel (2004)
  • References

    Saints at the River Wikipedia