From the rear cover
A place out of time, Ashaunt Point in Massachussetts has provided sanctuary and anchored life for generations of the Porter family, who spend their summers along its remote, rocky shore.
But in 1942, the U.S. Army arrives on the Point, bringing havoc and change. The two older Porter girls--teenagers Helen and Dossy--run wild. The children's Scottish nurse, Bea, falls in love. And the youngest daughter, Janie, is entangled in an incident that cuts the season short and haunts the family for years to come.
As the decades pass, Helen, and then her son Charlie, return to the Point, seeking refuge from the rapidly changing times. But Ashaunt is not entirely removed from events unfolding beyond its borders. Neither Charlie nor his mother can escape the long shadow of history--Vietnam, the bitterly disputed real estate development of the Point, economic misfortune, illness, and tragedy.
An unforgettable portrait of one family's journey through the second half of the twentieth century, The End of the Point artfully illuminates the powerful legacy of family and place, exploring what we are born into, what we pass down, and, what we preserve, cast off or willingly set free.
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- Title The End of the Point
- Author Elizabeth Graver
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Lgr
- Pages 528
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Large Print
- Date 2013-03-05
- Large Print Yes
- Features Large Print, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780062223296 / 0062223291
- Weight 1.18 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 8.99 x 6.06 x 1.18 in (22.83 x 15.39 x 3.00 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Large type books
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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