Fellowship Point

"It is very much an epic read, a book for readers who want to settle in for a story at a near whopping 600 pages by the author of one of my favorite short stories ever, 'In the Gloaming.'" John Searles, NYTimes-Bestselling Author of Strange but True, via The Today Show "5 Summer Reads You Won't Want to Put Down" "A sweeping story of lifelong best friends...you will surely want to read this book. Elegantly structured, beautifully written, and altogether diverting, with a powerful message about land ownership in America." Kirkus (Starred Review) Dark (Think of England) celebrates womens friendships and artistic mentorship in this expansive yet intimate novel. The families and their grudges and grievances fill a broad canvas, and within it Dark delves deeply into the relationships between Agnes and her work, humans and the land, mothers and children, and, most indelibly, the sustenance and joy provided by a long-held female friendship. Its a remarkable achievement. Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Fellowship Point is a marvel. Intricately constructed, utterly unique, this novel set on the coast of Maine is filled with insights about writing, about the perils and freedoms of aging, about the great mysteries, as well as the pleasures, of life. The story about the relationships between three women unfolds, as life does, through joys and losses, confrontations and confessions, with twists along the way that change your perception of all that came before. This is a world is so closely and acutely observed that I felt I lived in it. I was sorry to leave." Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author "I cant remember the last time Ive fallen so hard for a book. Fellowship Point is about many things: friendship, secrets, legacy, love, familybut the true magic here is in the writing. Alice Elliott Dark has conjured a world so immersive I can still feel it in my bones. I mourned the finish, when I would have to leave behind the characters I grew to love. This captivating, unforgettable novel is thrillingly good. Cynthia DAprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of Nest and Good Company "Fellowship Point is deeply relevant in its concernsabout the land, the creatures who inhabit it, and the legacies of ownership, stewardship, and friendshipbut its also just a great, absorbing, and transformative read. Like a Maine glade, Darks book is filled with light." Jo Ann Beard, author of Festival Days and In Zanesville "I positively inhaled this novel--and then stingily meted out the last few pages, not wanting it to end. FELLOWSHIP POINT is a marvel--masterfully executed, beautifully layered, huge-hearted and sharp-witted--and Alice Elliott Dark is a writer of great empathy and incredible skill." Claire Lombardo, New York Times Bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had I fell into Fellowship Point--fell in step and in love with its characters, with its landscape, with its ideas about art and marriage and, above all, friendship. It's a beautifully passionate book about what it means to love a place and to love all the people of your life, and how life itself is a riveting plot and deep mystery. Elizabeth McCracken, New York Times bestselling author of Bowlaway and The Giants House "Alice Elliott Dark is a writer Ive long admired. With the splendid, engrossing Fellowship Point she has written a novel that is both sweeping and intimate as it deftly explores friendship, class, and the tricky nature of time." Meg Wolitzer, New York Times bestselling author of The Female Persuasion and The Interestings This is a virtuosic performance, indisputably a work of genius, but even fervent adjectives cant capture the almost numinous effect of reading these pages. In Fellowship Point, one feels oneself in the rare pr

Alice Elliott Dark is the author the novels Fellowship Point and Think of England, as well as two collections of short stories, In the Gloaming and Naked to the Waist. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harpers, The New York Times, Best American Short Stories, and O. Henry: Prize Stories, among others. Her award-winning story In the Gloaming was made into two films and was chosen for inclusion in Best American Stories of the Century. Dark is a past recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She is an associate professor at Rutgers-Newark in the MFA program.