Above the Waterfall

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 mistakes and tragedies that have indelibly marked them, they are drawn together by a reverence for the natural world. When an irascible elderly local is accused of poisoning a trout stream, Les and Becky are plunged into deep and dangerous waters, forced to navigate currents of disillusionment and betrayal that will force them to question themselves and test their tentative bond--and threaten to carry them over the edge.

Echoing the heartbreaking beauty of William Faulkner and the spiritual isolation of Carson McCullers, Above the Waterfall demonstrates once again the prodigious talent of "a gorgeous, brutal writer" (Richard Price) hailed as "one of the great American authors at work today" (Janet Maslin, New York Times).

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 09/08/2015
ISBN: 9780062349316
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2014 pg. 56
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 07/13/2015
Booklist 08/01/2015 pg. 26
BookPage 09/01/2015
Shelf Awareness 09/22/2015
School Library Journal 11/01/2015 pg. 127
Library Journal 05/01/2014