At the water's edge [audio-enabled device] Sara Gruen.
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. With his best friend, Hank, Ellis decides that the only way to regain his father's favor is to succeed where the Colonel once 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1467601225
- ISBN: 9781467601221
- Physical Description: 1 audio media player (approximately 10 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. +
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2015]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Book on digital player. Playing time approx. 10 hrs. Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening. Title from Playaway label. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Justine Eyre. |
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Subject: | Fathers and sons > Fiction. Loch Ness monster > Fiction. Playaway. Socialites > Fiction. |
Genre: | Audiobooks. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Rockingham County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Eden Library | playaway rotation yellow (Text) | 31554009928010 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
Stoneville Library | playaway rotation green (Text) | 31554009927988 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |