{"product_id":"fellowship-point-paperback","title":"Fellowship Point - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Elliott Dark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A magnificent storytelling feat\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe)\u003c\/i\u003e story of lifelong friendship between two very different \"superbly depicted\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrated 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePolly 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgnes'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An ambitious and satisfying tale\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eFellowship Point\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eFellowship Point \u003c\/i\u003eis about caring for the places and people we love...This magnificent novel affirms that change and growth are possible at any age\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.81 x 7.95 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42122719953031,"sku":"9781982131821","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bf279678698c1d37dd3ff0de9502f4e4.webp?v=1732561894","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/fellowship-point-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}