Eventually, she started writing fiction, first with Riding Lessons s in 2004, and has now written five novels.

Gruen lived in London, Ont., and went to Carleton University before moving to the United States in 1999 to become a technical writer. The inn’s proprietor, Angus, is a character in sharp contrast to those of Hank and Ellis. The inn where the group lodges is subject to food rationing and they are surprised to have to get themselves gas masks to wear in the blackout shelter as warplanes fly overhead. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. But by the time the next morning rolls around, Ellis has been kicked out of his family home and cut off from his fortune. The group consists of Ellis, an alcoholic who has been sullied by his father’s exposed hoax photos of the monster several years before, his wife Maddie, who is damaged by her mother’s sordid past, and his best friend Hank, who is a silly playboy out to have a good time.Īs the story begins, they are drunk at a New Year’s Eve party and hatch a plan to go to Scotland to clear Ellis’ father’s name. To be more precise, she tells the tale of a group of spoiled, wealthy American socialites on a hunt for the Loch Ness Monster in the midst of the Second World War. What an interesting book! Sara Gruen, author of the bestselling novel Water for Elephants, takes on the Loch Ness Monster in her newest book, At the Water’s Edge. The next issue of Canucks Report will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way.

At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen