Seraph on the Suwanee

Inciting Event: Arvay and Jim elope.

First Plot Point: Arvay and Jim move to Citreville, where Jim gets a good job.

First Pinch Point: Arvay and Jim’s oldest son Earl attacks a neighbor girl.

Midpoint: Arvay and Jim’s daughter Angeline gets married.

Second Pinch Point: Arvay objects to her youngest son Kenny being an escort to the hired hand’s daughter.

Third Plot Point: Jim leaves Arvay after she fails to help him escape a rattlesnake.

Climax: Arvay burns down her childhood home and decides to win Jim back.

Climactic Moment: Arvay and Jim reconcile.

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A story of two people at once deeply in love and deeply at odds, set among the community of "Florida Crackers" at the turn of the twentieth century. Full of insights into the nature of love, attraction, faith, and loyalty, it follows young Arvay Henson, convinced she will never find true happiness, as she defends herself from unwanted suitors with hysterical fits and religious fervor. But into her life comes bright and enterprising Jim Meserve, who knows that Arvay is the woman for him, and nothing she can do will dissuade him.

Seraph on the Suwanee

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