Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Book Review- At the Water's Edge

At The Water's Edge, Sarah Gruen  ( Spiegel & Grace, 2015)

    Maddie Hyde and her husband, Ellis, and their friend Hank disgraced themselves at a High Society New Years Eve party in 1944.  Ellis is cut off from his wealthy parents.His Father is already ashamed about Ellis, his marriage to Maddie, and the fact he was not accepted to serve in the war effort.

   Ellis decides to win back his Fathers approval by finding the famous Loch Ness Monster.( His Father publically failed in doing this)  The three then go off to Scotland to see if they can document the Monster. As members of the sheltered American, they are greeted with a different world in Scotland, The food is rationed and the people are hard  workers. Maddie becomes frustrated by her husbands behavior and actions toward the people.
   As Ellis  and Hank delve deeper into their search for the Loch Ness Monster , Maddie finds she like the simplicity and beauty of the land and people of Scottish Highlands.  The message unfolds as Maddie'e life begins to unravel and then  be completed in a very surprising way. I didn't want the book to end.

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