Fellowship point : a novel / Alice Elliott Dark.
The masterful story of a lifelong friendship between two very different women with shared histories and buried secrets, tested in the twilight of their lives, set across the arc of the 20th century. Celebrated children's book author Agnes Lee is determined to secure her legacy--to complete what she knows will be the final volume of her pseudonymously written Franklin Square novels; and even more consuming, to permanently protect the peninsula of majestic coast in Maine known as Fellowship Point. To donate the land to a trust, Agnes must convince shareholders to dissolve a generations-old partnership. And one of those shareholders is her best friend, Polly. Polly Wister has led a different kind of life than Agnes: that of a well-off married woman with children, defined by her devotion to her husband, and philosophy professor with an inflated sense of stature. She exalts in creating beauty and harmony in her home, in her friendships, and in her family. Polly soon finds her loyalties torn between the wishes of her best friend and the wishes of her three sons--but what is it that Polly wants herself? Agnes's designs are further muddied when an enterprising young book editor named Maud Silver sets out to convince Agnes to write her memoirs. Agnes's resistance cannot prevent long-buried memories and secrets from coming to light with far-reaching repercussions for all. Fellowship Point reads like a classic 19th-century novel in its beautifully woven, multilayered narrative, but it is entirely contemporary in the themes it explores; a deep and empathic interest in women's lives, the class differences that divided us, the struggle to protect the natural world, and, above all, a reckoning with intimacy, history, and posterity. It is a masterwork from Alice Elliott Dark.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982131814
- Physical Description: 579 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Marysue Rucci Books/Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Marysue Rucci Books/Scribner, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
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Genre: | Novels. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Emmaus Public Library | FIC DARK, ALICE ELLIOTT (Text) | 36446002067802 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Exeter Community Library | DAR (Text) | 33249025340039 | Fiction | Available | - |
Gettysburg Library | FIC DARK ALICE (Text) | 35740635853435 | Fiction | Available | - |
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Adults DAR Fiction (Text)
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Plated 2023: In Honor of Phyllis Weikert Egger
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34007002502958 | Adult Area New | Available | - |
Highland Community Library | F DAR (Text) | 35610000998067 | HGHM Fiction | Available | - |
Hollidaysburg Area Public Library | F Dar 2022 (Text)
Donated:
Presented by the Friends of the Library 2022
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10HOL00048206/ | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
Huntingdon County Library | F DAR (Text) | 30298100599905 | Fiction | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Fiction Dark (Text) | 39427103661237 | Fiction Room: Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Fiction Dark (Text) | 39427103667168 | Fiction Room: Adult Fiction | Checked Out | 05/08/2024 |
Kreutz Creek Valley Library | Adults DAR Fiction (Text) | 34261000568780 | Adult Area | Available | - |
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