The End of the PointWith a style and voice reminiscent of William Trevor and Graham Swift, Gravers powerfully evocative portrait of a family strained by events both large and small celebrates the indelible influence certain places can exert over the people who love them. Booklist (starred review) Longlisted for the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction Ashaunt Point, Massachusetts, has anchored life for generations of the Porter family, who summer along its remote, rocky

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Three beautiful French sisters entrust an American hiker with the mission of rescuing their mother high in the Alps

Adjmi tries on one borrowed identity after another

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