At the Water's Edge At the Water's Edge

At the Water's Edge

A Novel

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Publisher Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A daring story of adventure, friendship, and love in the shadow of WWII” (Harper’s Bazaar) from the renowned author of Ape House and Water for Elephants

“Gripping, compelling . . . Gruen’s characters are vividly drawn and her scenes are perfectly paced.”—The Boston Globe

In January 1945, when Madeline Hyde and her husband, Ellis, are cut off financially by his father, a retired army colonel who is ashamed of his son’s inability to serve, Ellis decides that the only way to regain his father’s favor is to succeed where the Colonel very publicly failed—by hunting down the famous Loch Ness monster. Leaving her sheltered world behind, Maddie reluctantly follows Ellis and his best friend, Hank, to a remote village in the Scottish Highlands. Gradually, the friendships Maddie forms with the townspeople open her up to a larger world than she knew existed. Maddie begins to see that nothing is as it first appears, and as she embraces a fuller sense of who she might be, she becomes aware not only of darker forces around her but of life’s surprising possibilities.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2015
March 31
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
368
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
3.9
MB

Customer Reviews

mrs.ars ,

Entertaining and draws you in

It took a while to get going but the plot and particularly the Scottish characters are wonderfully done. Great little read!

He@thermj25 ,

My favourite book.

This book captured me from the very beginning. I couldn’t put it down. I read it now every year. I’m not sure what captured my heart so much about this honest. I just fell in love with the characters. I wish this one would become a movie just like book not leaving anything out. My only complaint is that it’s just not long enough.

ellpainter ,

Engrossing read...couldn’t put it down..read it til 2:30 in the morning

Also enjoyed Water For Elephants

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