At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Oh how I loved this book! I wanted to read it because I’d read Water For Elephants and loved it.
This story is about Maddie, Ellis and Hank. Maddie and Ellis are married to each other and Hank is their best friend. They are wealthy and living the high life during World War II. Ellis gets himself declared color blind and Hugh gets himself declared flat footed so neither is able to serve in the military. Ellis’s father, a former Colonel, is disgusted with this fact and eventually cuts Ellis’s allowance off.
The men decide to go to Scotland to find the Loch Ness Monster, something Ellis’s dad did back in the day. They plan to get the monster on film thereby becoming famous in their own right and also redeeming the Colonel whom everyone thought manufactured photos of the monster.
They cross the sea on a supply transport. Right before they arrive, another ship is bombed and they go back to pull the sailors out of the burning sea. This spectacle changed the way Maddie looked at life in general.
While they are in Scotland, they stay at a guest house run by Angus, Meg and Anna and this is where the story actually begins.
I loved seeing Maddie’s character grow throughout the story. I loved that Ellis eventually got his and that Maddie got hers.
What a great book! I highly recommend it. 🙂