At the Water's Edge

A Novel

By: Sara Gruen

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

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.

Horrible narrator.

Simpering, over dramatic, and breathy the narrator ruined it. It was a decent story but I wish I would have read and not listened to it.

Good story

I enjoyed this historical fiction story with its historical content, as well as, Scottish lore sprinkled in. The reader's voice seemed whiny for the main character, it made her sound weak and whiny instead of a protagonist you want to cheer for.

one hell of a book

loved the story ! excellent narration. I non stopped listened too. can't go wrong in purchasing. I hope my book club decides to read.

At The Water's Edge

What did you love best about At the Water's Edge?

Very good story

What did you like best about this story?

Lots of cultural detail

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Justine Eyre?

ANYBODY!!!! She is very hard to understand.

If you could rename At the Water's Edge, what would you call it?

No

Any additional comments?

I finally gave up on listening to your narrator and bought a hard copy of the book so that I could finish it. The story is great.

Loved it

Started a little slow but was well worth listening to. Could be a good movie