The End of the Point
eBook - ePub

The End of the Point

A Novel

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The End of the Point

A Novel

About this book

“With a style and voice reminiscent of William Trevor and Graham Swift, Graver’s powerfully evocative portrait of a family strained by events both large and small celebrates the indelible influence certain places can exert over the people who love them.” — Booklist (starred review)

Longlisted for the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction

Ashaunt Point, Massachusetts, has anchored life for generations of the Porter family, who summer along its remote, rocky shore. But in 1942, the U.S. Army arrives on the Point, bringing havoc and change. That summer, the two older Porter girls—teenagers Helen and Dossie—run wild while their only brother, Charlie, goes off to train for war. The children’s Scottish nurse, Bea, falls in love. And youngest daughter Janie is entangled in an incident that cuts the season short. 

An unforgettable portrait of one family’s journey through the second half of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Graver’s The End of the Point artfully probes the hairline fractures hidden beneath the surface of our lives and traces the fragile and enduring bonds that connect us.

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Information

Publisher
Harper
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780062184856
eBook ISBN
9780062184863

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Epigraph
  3. Contents
  4. Fifteen Axes, Fifteen Hoes
  5. Jane’s All the World’s Fighting Ships and Aircraft · 1942
  6. Plants and Their Children · 1947–1961
  7. Trespass · 1970
  8. Migrate · 1999
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. P.S.: Insights, Interviews & More . . .
  11. Praise for The End of the Point
  12. Also by Elizabeth Graver
  13. Copyright
  14. About the Publisher