End of the Point

A Novel

Elizabeth Graver

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Belletristik / Gegenwartsliteratur (ab 1945)

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With a style and voice reminiscent of William Trevor and Graham Swift, Gravers 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 FictionAshaunt 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 girlsteenagers Helen and Dossierun wild while their only brother, Charlie, goes off to train for war. The childrens 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 familys journey through the second half of the twentieth century, Elizabeth GraversThe End of the Pointartfully 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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