SIGNED, At the Water's Edge, Sara Gruen, First Edition, First Printing

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 a black felt pen, which bled onto the page opposite copyright (see photos.) Dust jacket is unclipped and pristine. Protected in a Brodart 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.

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.