Serena was named a New York Times, Washington Post, Publishers Weekly and Amazon.com Book of the Year in 2009.The year is 1929 and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton arrive from Boston in the North Carolina mountains to create a timber empire. Serena is new to the mountains-but she proves herself the equal of any worker, overseeing crews, hunting rattlesnakes, even saving her husband's life in the wilderness. Yet she soon learns that she will never bear a child. Serena's discovery will set in motion a course of events bound to change the lives of everyone in this remote community. As the Pembertons' intense, passionate marriage starts to unravel, this riveting story of love, passion and revenge moves towards its shocking reckoning. 'There has never been a heroine quite like this.' The Times
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Serena was named a New York Times, Washington Post, Publishers Weekly and Amazon.com Book of the Year in 2009.The year is 1929 and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton arrive from Boston in the North Carolina mountains to create a timber empire. Serena is new to the mountains-but she proves herself the equal of any worker, overseeing crews, hunting rattlesnakes, even saving her husband's life in the wilderness. Yet she soon learns that she will never bear a child. Serena's discovery will set in motion a course of events bound to change the lives of everyone in this remote community. As the Pembertons' intense, passionate marriage starts to unravel, this riveting story of love, passion and revenge moves towards its shocking reckoning. 'There has never been a heroine quite like this.' The Times