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| Title | : | At the Water's Edge |
| Author | : | Sara Gruen |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 348 pages |
| Published | : | March 31st 2015 by Spiegel & Grau |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance. Audiobook |
Sara Gruen
Hardcover | Pages: 348 pages Rating: 3.66 | 70952 Users | 8311 Reviews
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After embarrassing themselves at the social event of the year in high society Philadelphia on New Year’s Eve of 1942, Maddie and Ellis Hyde are cut off financially by Ellis’s father, a former army Colonel who is already embarrassed by his son’s inability to serve in WWII due to his being colorblind.To Maddie’s horror, Ellis decides that the only way to regain his father’s favor is to succeed in a venture his father attempted and very publicly failed at: he will hunt the famous Loch Ness monster and when he finds it he will restore his father’s name and return to his father’s good graces (and pocketbook). Joined by their friend Hank, a wealthy socialite, the three make their way to Scotland in the midst of war.
Each day the two men go off to hunt the monster, while another monster, Hitler, is devastating Europe. And Maddie, now alone in a foreign country, must begin to figure out who she is and what she wants.
The novel tells of Maddie’s social awakening: to the harsh realities of life, to the beauties of nature, to a connection with forces larger than herself, to female friendship, and finally, to love.
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| Original Title: | At the Water's Edge |
| ISBN: | 0385523238 (ISBN13: 9780385523233) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Maddie Hyde, Ellis Hyde |
| Setting: | Scottish Highlands,1945 |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2015) |
Rating Appertaining To Books At the Water's Edge
Ratings: 3.66 From 70952 Users | 8311 ReviewsArticle Appertaining To Books At the Water's Edge
It's been so long since I read Water for Elephants that I only really remember the feeling I got when I read it, and not necessarily any of the finer plot points or the writing style. And At the Water's Edge is not quite that - it didn't excite me or lift my heart the way Water did, but I still liked it in its own right.First of all, I loved the whole idea of the book - Maddie, her husband Ellis, and their very close friend Hank (a very cozy threesome) live a luxurious, lazy party life - WorldThe pounding headache that Maddie Hyde was suffering after the New Years Eve party the night before had her cringing she tried desperately to remember the events of the latter part of the evening and when she did she realized with horror that she and her husband Ellis had made dreadful fools of themselves. Along with best friend Hank the three had disgraced themselves in front of many of the high society elite at the Philadelphia event. In quick succession, Ellis mother and father were
(Nearly 3.5) Gruen does a great job of bringing her settings and time periods to life. The first third or so of the novel was particularly promising, as she introduces her characters in upper-crust wartime Philadelphia and then sends them to rural Scotland on a hunt for the Loch Ness monster. I especially enjoyed the Hollywood-esque love triangle of the early sections Hank and Ellis buzzing around Maddie made me think of Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire fighting over the female lead in Holiday Inn.
I should have quit this book a few chapters in and used my reading time on a better book. Goodreads has definitely changed my thoughts on quitting books. Listing them on my DNF shelf shows the reading world I gave up and marks it in my reading history as a failure. I cant like that. Some people are competitive with others, but I am extremely competitive with myself.What was this book about? A girl and her two male best friends (one being her husband) live in the lap of luxury at the expense of
First of all, I understand all the less than stellar reviews as the plot really is ridiculous......taking a trip across the Atlantic to Scotland in search of the Loch Ness monster, during wartime no less, just so a young spoiled son of a rich man can get back into his father's good graces, salvage his "full" allowance and move back into the family mansion? Really.......But then I read the prologue and the gravestone and the story about Mairi, the loss of her infant daughter, the telegram of her
40% in and I'm throwing in the towel. I don't care what happens, not vested in characters or book. May try again, may not. Time to move on.
The idea of three wealthy young Americans sailing off to Scotland in the middle of WWII just to try to prove that the Loch Ness monster was real and to salvage the reputation of one of their fathers seemed rather silly and far-fetched to me. But I was engaged by the dangerous adventure itself and their aim to prove some things to the world, and not just that the monster existed. The men, Ellis and Hank, have been outcast from society and from their own families because, due to color blindness
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