Fellowship Point
A Novel
Alice Elliott Dark
- “A
- magnificent
- storytelling
- feat”
- (The
- Boston
- Globe)
- story
- of
- lifelong
- friendship
- between
- two
- very
- different
- “superbly
- depicted”
- (The
- Wall
- Street
- Journal)
- women
- with
- shared
- histories,
- divisive
- loyalties,
- hidden
- sorrows,
- and
- eighty
- years
- of
- summers
- on
- a
- pristine
- point
- of
- land
- on
- the
- coast
- of
- Maine,
- 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,
- a
- philosophy
- professor
- with
- an
- inflated
- sense
- of
- stature.
- She
- strives
- to
- create
- 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.“An
- ambitious
- and
- satisfying
- tale”
- (The
- Washington
- Post),
- Fellowship
- Point
- reads
- like
- a
- 19th-century
- epic,
- but
- it
- is
- entirely
- contemporary
- in
- its
- “reflections
- on
- aging,
- writing,
- stewardship,
- legacies,
- independence,
- and
- responsibility.
- At
- its
- heart,
- Fellowship
- Point
- is
- about
- caring
- for
- the
- places
- and
- people
- we
- love...This
- magnificent
- novel
- affirms
- that
- change
- and
- growth
- are
- possible
- at
- any
- age”
- (The
- Christian
- Science Monitor).
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