Saints at the River

Saints at the River

Author	Ron Rash
Cover artist	Debra McClinton/Getty Images
Language	English
Genre	Fiction
Published	2004 Henry Holt
Publication place	United States
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

• 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) ^[3]

References

1. "Past Winners".
2. "Ron rash".
3. "Past Winners".