At the Water's Edge in Baltimore County Public Library Summer Reading BCPL SRC

Mar 03, 2015 Leanne rated it really liked it

“At the Water’s Edge” by Sara Gruen is a deeply poignant story of love, friendship, and the true rewards of life.
Madeline Hyde is a member of high society, and as such, it is expected that she and her husband deport themselves with at least a little dignity. But Maddie and her husband Ellis, along with their best friend Hank, enjoy an extravagant lifestyle filled with parties and pranks. One fateful New Year’s Eve night in 1945, they go too far and the disgrace is too much for Ellis’ parents. D ...more

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Sep 23, 2015 Jennifer Bowers rated it liked it

I was excited to read this b/c I enjoyed Water for Elephants so much. But I can't give it more than 3 stars. It took an awful long time to get off the ground; it finally got interesting about a third of the way in. Then I enjoyed watching this shallow, privileged young woman grow up. It was also an insight into the lives and attitudes of wealthy American at the time of the Second World War (a bit Downton Abbey-ish). I wish the sex scene had not been so explicit, but I've certainly read worse. ...more

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May 13, 2015 Elena Varipatis rated it liked it

3.5 stars: slow to start and quick to (much too tidily) wrap up. The descriptions of Scotland make me want to hop on a plane now, although I had a tough time with the characters.

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