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02195aam a2200313 i 4500 001 A8F85250C08E11E880BCE07297128E48 003 SILO 005 20180925014444 007 n 008 130722s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2013026077 020 $a 0062184857 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780062184856 (pbk.) 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Graver, Elizabeth, $d 1964- 245 14 $a The end of the point : $b a novel / $c Elizabeth Graver. 264 1 $a New York : $b Harper Perennial, $c [2013] 300 $a 338 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a "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 Dossie-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, preserve, cast off or willingly set free"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20180627. 650 $a Conflict of generations $v Fiction. 650 7 $a FICTION / Historical. 650 7 $a FICTION / Literary. 650 7 $a FICTION / Family Life. 651 $a Buzzards Bay (Mass.) $v Fiction. 651 $a Massachusetts $x Social life and customs $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l NCPC953 $d 20180925021857.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A8F85250C08E11E880BCE07297128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search