Fellowship Point: A Novel [J0308]

2023 PB in Gift-Worthy condition. 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.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Set in Maine, this book was sweeping, covering generations of friendship, loss, injustice, belonging, and an extraordinary sense of place."; "This smartly structured novel is a slow burn that eventually becomes a captivating and imaginative story that is ideal for summer reading."; "A lovely story of friendship, aging, nature, legacy, and family. I did find some of the conclusions a bit predictable and neat but I still loved being surrounded but these people and this place."