Super Short Summary

In Ron Rash's Saints at the River, a twelve-year-old girl named Ruth Kowalsky drowns in a rain-swollen river during a family vacation, prompting a heated conflict between her grieving parents, who want to recover her body, and environmentalists determined to protect the river's natural integrity. Media attention brings photographer Maggie Glenn and journalist Allen Hemphill to cover the story, where they face their own emotional struggles amid the community's tensions. This book includes themes of death, grief, and family estrangement.