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At the Water's Edge
by Sara Gruen
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385523238
- ISBN 13
- 9780385523233
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2015. SIGNED. New-Unread. 1st/1st. Stated First Edition, first printing with complete number line ending in 1. Signed by Sara Gruen on the title page with black felt pen, which bled onto the page opposite copyright (see photos.) Unread book is straight and tight with sharp corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing or bookplate and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped and pristine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. Purchased new after a book signing/appearance at the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta. By the author of WATER FOR ELEPHANTS.
After embarrassing themselves at the social event of the year in high society Philadelphia on New Year's Eve of 1942, Maddie and Ellis Hyde are cut off financially by Ellis's father, a former army Colonel who is already embarrassed by his son's inability to serve in WWII due to his being colorblind.
To Maddie's horror, Ellis decides that the only way to regain his father's favor is to succeed in a venture his father attempted and very publicly failed at: he will hunt the famous Loch Ness monster and when he finds it he will restore his father's name and return to his father's good graces (and pocketbook). Joined by their friend Hank, a wealthy socialite, the three make their way to Scotland in the midst of war.
The novel tells of Maddie's social awakening: to the harsh realities of life, to the beauties of nature, to a connection with forces larger than herself, to female friendship, and finally, to love.
After embarrassing themselves at the social event of the year in high society Philadelphia on New Year's Eve of 1942, Maddie and Ellis Hyde are cut off financially by Ellis's father, a former army Colonel who is already embarrassed by his son's inability to serve in WWII due to his being colorblind.
To Maddie's horror, Ellis decides that the only way to regain his father's favor is to succeed in a venture his father attempted and very publicly failed at: he will hunt the famous Loch Ness monster and when he finds it he will restore his father's name and return to his father's good graces (and pocketbook). Joined by their friend Hank, a wealthy socialite, the three make their way to Scotland in the midst of war.
The novel tells of Maddie's social awakening: to the harsh realities of life, to the beauties of nature, to a connection with forces larger than herself, to female friendship, and finally, to love.
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2343
- Title
- At the Water's Edge
- Author
- Sara Gruen
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385523238
- ISBN 13
- 9780385523233
- Publisher
- Spiegel & Grau
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Signed Books;
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