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Serena.(Brief article)(Book review)

The New Yorker

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Set in 1929, in the rugged mountains of North Carolina, Rash's novel is a tightly knit tale of industrial development, greed, and betrayal. George Pemberton and his new bride, Serena, maintain a close watch over a burgeoning logging empire, dealing with their workers while fighting off the efforts of environmental activists to expand the country's network of national parks. As the title character--a Depression-era Lady Macbeth wholly comfortable in the ...

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