05153cam a2200817 4500 521745419 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780812997897 0812997891 B00P5557I0 Amazon f9297026-31f8-4930-b432-b67e031f9465 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 72543 72543 72543 2053150 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Gruen, Sara. At the Water's Edge [Libby] : A Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2015. Animals. relationships. Scotland. World War II. Friendship. literary fiction. War. Historical. romance. domestic abuse. marriage. love. Philadelphia. ww2. love story. Suicide. women. high society. Historical Fiction. mystery. Women's Fiction. fathers and sons. Loch Ness. WWII. History. World War 2. hitler. fiction books. historical novels. beach reads. loch ness monster. world war 2 books. ww2 books. historical fiction best sellers. new york times best sellers. best sellers list new york times. summer reading for women. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2638kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this thrilling new novel from the author of Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen again demonstrates her talent for creating spellbinding period pieces. At the Water’s Edge is a gripping and poignant love story about a privileged young woman’s awakening as she experiences the devastation of World War II in a tiny village in the Scottish Highlands. After disgracing themselves at a high society New Year’s Eve party in Philadelphia in 1944, Madeline Hyde and her husband, Ellis, are cut off financially by his father, a former army colonel who is already ashamed of his son’s inability to serve in the war. When Ellis and his best friend, Hank, decide that the only way to regain the Colonel’s favor is to succeed where the Colonel very publicly failed—by hunting down the famous Loch Ness monster—Maddie reluctantly follows them across the Atlantic, leaving her sheltered world behind.   The trio find themselves in a remote village in the Scottish Highlands, where the locals have nothing but contempt for the privileged interlopers. Maddie is left on her own at the isolated inn, where food is rationed, fuel is scarce, and a knock from the postman can bring tragic news. Yet she finds herself falling in love with the stark beauty and subtle magic of the Scottish countryside. Gradually she comes to know the villagers, and the friendships she forms with two young women open her up to a larger world than she knew existed. Maddie begins to see that nothing is as it first appears: the values she holds dear prove unsustainable, and monsters lurk where they are least expected.   As she embraces a fuller sense of who she might be, Maddie becomes aware not only of the dark forces around her, but of life’s beauty and surprising possibilities. Praise for At the Water’s Edge   “Breathtaking . . . a daring story of adventure, friendship, and love in the shadow of WWII.”—Harper’s Bazaar   “A gripping, compelling story . . . Gruen’s characters are vividly drawn and her scenes are perfectly paced.”—The Boston Globe   “A page-turner of a novel that rollicks along with crisp historical detail.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram   “Powerfully evocative.”—USA Today   “Gruen is a master at the period piece—and [this] novel is just another stunning example of that craft.”—Glamour. Media Type: eBook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:21:58. https://samples.overdrive.com/at-the-water-s-f92970?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/at-the-water-s-f92970?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/at-the-water-s-f92970?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)