Pre-Owned The End of the Point (Hardcover 9780062184849) by Elizabeth Graver

from viviennestrauss

This was supposed to be my "entertaining" read between a few darker books. Was not expecting to sob through the last 20 or so pages.

from muddyboy

This is a book covering three principle time periods using the voices of three different characters. What binds them together is a piece of land on the coast of New England referred to as the Point. The first character is Bea the Scottish servant of a wealthy family. The second focus is Helen one...

from ken1952

I've been a fan of Elizabeth Graver's since her first novel UNRAVELLING came out in 1997. I couldn't wait to read this new novel of hers and I wasn't diappointed. It's apparent she loves her setting as much as her characters. The Buzzards Bay that she creates is truly a breath of salty sea air. A...

from froxgirl

This family saga, set from WW II through the new millenium, is unique for not cramming in too many characters. Four generations of Porters have lived in Ashaunt Point on Buzzard's Bay on Cape Cod, and the focus is on Bea, the Scottish nanny; Nancy, the eldest daughter; and Charlie, her son. There...

from SheTreadsSoftly

The End of the Point by Elizabeth Graver is a family saga that basically covers three generations, with the connection being their summers spent at the coast in Ashaunt, Massachusetts. Graver opens the novel with a brief passage about the arrival of the first Europeans to the point. Then she proc...