A New York Times Notable Book. Inspiration for the film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper.The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton travel from Boston to the Northa 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—but she soon shows herself to be the equal of any man, overseeing crews, hunting ...

ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, The Caretaker by award-winning author Ron Rash ("One of the great American authors at work today" —The New York Times) is a breathtaking love story and a searing examination of the acts we seek to justify in the name of duty, family, honor, and love.It’s 1951 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Blackburn G...

**The Risen is an important novel - and an intriguing one - from one of our master storytellers. In its pages, the past rises up, haunting and chiding, demanding answers of us all. -**The News & ObserverNew York Times bestselling author Ron Rash demonstrates his superb narrative skills in this suspenseful and evocative tale of two brothers whose lives are altered irrevocably by the events of one long-ago summer, one bewitching young wom...

From award-winning author of The CaretakerRon Rash (****“One of the great American authors at work today” —The New York Times) comes ***Saints at the River,*a novel about a town divided by the aftermath of a tragic accident—**and the woman caught in the middle.When a twelve-year-old girl drowns in the Tamassee Riv...

"13 haunting and picturesque stories that illuminate the terms of survival in that often forgotten landscape"—the Appalachian Mountains ( Booklist )."Ron Rash writes some of the most memorable novels of this young century. . . . One of the major writers of our time." — The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionRon Rash is one of the greatest chroniclers of modern Appalachia, a write...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING NOAH WYLE, JEREMY IRVINE, MINKA KELLY, ADELAIDE CLEMENS, STEVE EARLE, AND HALEY JOEL OSMENT.ALA ALEX ALWARD WINNER"ONE OF THE MAJOR WRITERS OF OUR TIME."—THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTIONVivid, harrowing yet ultimately hopeful, The World Made Straight is best-selling author Ron Rash's subtlest exploration yet of the painful conflict between the bonds of hom...

In this poetic and haunting tale set in contemporary Appalachia, New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash illuminates lives shaped by violence and a powerful connection to the land.Les, a long-time sheriff just three-weeks from retirement, contends with the ravages of crystal meth and his own duplicity in his small Appalachian town.Becky, a park ranger with a harrowing past, finds solace amid the lyrical beauty of this patch of North Carolina.Enduring the...

“A gorgeous, brutal writer.”—Richard Price, New York Times bestselling author of Lush Life and ClockersIn Burning Bright, Pen/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Serena, Ron Rash, captures the eerie beauty and stark violence of Appalachia through the lives of unforgettable characters. With this masterful collection of stories that span the Civil War to the present day, Rash, a supremely talented wri...

*Named a Garden & Gun and Atlanta Journal Constitution best book of the year*Winner of the 2020 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature"Mesmerizing...He's one of the best living American writers."--Janet Maslin, New York Times Book ReviewFrom bestselling and award-winning writer Ron Rash ("One of the great American authors at work today."--The New York Times) comes a...

Ten humorous, interconnected short stories following three narrators as they learn lessons about life in the North Carolina foothills.The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth was originally released in 1994 and was the first published book from acclaimed writer Ron Rash. This twentieth anniversary edition takes us back to where it all began with ten linked short stories, framed like a novel, introducing us to a trio of memorable narrators—Tracy, Randy, and Vi...

From the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling award-winning author of Serena and The Cove, thirty of his finest short stories, collected in one volume.No one captures the complexities of Appalachia—a rugged, brutal landscape of exquisite beauty—as evocatively and indelibly as author and poet Ron Rash. Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, two O Henry prizes, and a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, Rash brilliantly illuminates t...